Gottlob Wilhelm Burmann was a German Romantic poet and lipogrammatist. He is best known for his dislike of the letter R. The letter does not appear in any of his 130 poems. He even eliminated it from his daily speech, refusing to say his last name for over seventeen years.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1737 to 1805 · aged 67
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5 languages
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