Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
Ludwig Tieck
Born: May 31, 1773
Died: April 28, 1853 (aged 79)
Bio: Johann Ludwig Tieck was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist, writer of Novellen, and critic, who was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Known for:
- Der Blonde Eckbert
- Der Runenberg
- Wake Not the Dead
- The Elves