Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Born: January 24, 1776
Died: June 25, 1822 (aged 46)
Bio: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a Prussian Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.
Known for:
- The Sandman (1816)
- Nutcracker (1816)
- The Golden Pot (1814)
- The Devil's Elixirs (1815)
- The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr (1818)