Gottfried August Bürger was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, Lenore, found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English and Russian adaptation and a French translation.
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Auguste Leonhart, sister of Bürger's wife, and the "Molly" of his poetry. After an autoportrait pastel drawing in 1781.
Dorette Bürger, after a pastel drawing by her sister Auguste in 1781.
Lenardo und Blandine, after Bürger's poem, by Wilhelm Volkhart
Bust at the Gottfried-August-Bürger-Denkmal in Göttingen from 1895Writers from Germany 6
About this person
Country
GermanyCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1747 to 1794 · aged 46
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25 languages
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