1767
August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1845)
August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1845)
August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1845)
August Wilhelm Schlegel
German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)
- Born
- 1767
August Wilhelm von Schlegel was a German scholar, critic, Orientalist, Indologist, translator and poet. With his brother Friedrich Schlegel, he was a leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics.