Friedrich Laun
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Born | 1 June 1770 ![]() Dresden ![]() |
Died | 4 September 1849 ![]() |
Occupation | Writer ![]() |
Friedrich August Schulze (1 June 1770 – 4 September 1849) was a German novelist, who wrote under the pen name Friedrich Laun. Schulze was born in Dresden. His first novel, (1801), was favorably received. He wrote many volumes, and with August Apel edited a ghost story anthology Das Gespensterbuch ("The Ghost Book") (1811–1815).[1][2] Thomas de Quincey, who translated several of Laun's stories into English, noted his "great popularity" and opined, "the unelaborate narratives of Laun are mines of what is called Fun".[3]
References[]
- ^ Friedrich Kummer (1891), "Schulze, Friedrich August", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 32, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 768–769
- ^ Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^ Quincey, Thomas de (1862). "The Incognito; or Count Fitz-Hum". Style and Rhetoric and other papers. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. pp. 1–2.
External links[]
Works written by or about Friedrich August Schulze at Wikisource
- Works by or about Friedrich Laun at Internet Archive
- F. Laun at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Friedrich August Schulze at Library of Congress Authorities, with 10 catalogue records
Categories:
- 1770 births
- 1849 deaths
- 18th-century German novelists
- Writers from Dresden
- German male novelists
- 19th-century German novelists
- 18th-century German male writers
- German writer stubs