Ernst theodor wilhelm hoffmann biography

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E. T. A. Hoffmann

German Romantic author (1776–1822)

"Ernst Hoffmann" redirects here. For the orchestra conductor, see Ernst Hoffmann (conductor).

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothichorror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist.^[1][2][3] He is the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker is based. In addition, his stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffmann appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana^[4] is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.

Hoffmann's stories highly influenced 19th-century literature, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.^{[citation needed]}

Life

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Youth

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Hoffmann's ancestors, both maternal and paternal, were jurists. His father, Christoph Ludwig Hoffmann (1736–97), was a barrister in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), as well as a poet and amateur musician who played the viola da gamba.

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E. T. A. Hoffmann

A jurist, a reveller and a poet: the life of this exceptional character was full of contrasts. He was both a conscientious clerk and a passionate artist. In his works, everyday life and fantasy stood side by side and often merged and became one.

“On weekdays, I am a jurist and somewhat of a musician at most; on Sundays I draw during the day and in the evening, I become a very witty author until late into the night.”

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann was born on 24^th January 1776 in Königsberg (Prussia, now Kaliningrad). Four years later, his father Christoph Ludwig, who was known to be a temperamental lawyer and drinker, divorced his mother Lovisa Albertina (née Doerffer), who was described as a hysterical and obsessively orderly woman. Hoffmann spent his childhood in the house of his grandmother Lovisa Sophia Doerffer. One of his uncles would give the young boy drawing and music lessons and he created his first compositions aged 13.

At the age of 16 Hoffmann, as per family tradition, began to study law, passed his first exams after just three years and entered the civil service as a law clerk. Meanwhile, he also drew, painted, wrote and composed.

First steps towards Berlin

Hoffmann’s work took him from Königsberg to Berlin. He en