August Wilhelm Schlegel
German translator, poet and critic
Died when: 77 years 246 days (932 months)Star Sign: Virgo
August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel (German: ['?le?gl?]; 8 September 1767 – 12 May 1845), usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence within Jena Romanticism.
His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics. Schlegel was also the professor of Sanskrit in Continental Europe and produced a translation of the Bhagavad Gita.
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