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Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt, engraving by A. Weger after a photograph.
Franz Ferdinand, Freiherr von Dingelstedt, engraving by A. Weger after a photograph.

Franz Ferdinand, count von Dingelstedt

German writer and producer
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June 30, 1814, Halsdorf, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]
Died:
May 15, 1881, Vienna, Austria (aged 66)
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Young Germany
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Franz Ferdinand, count von Dingelstedt (born June 30, 1814, Halsdorf, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—died May 15, 1881, Vienna, Austria) was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical producer known for his biting political satires. A member of the liberal Young Germany movement, Dingelstedt wrote political satires against the German princes, notably Die Neuen Argonauten (1839; “The New Argonauts”) and a collection of satirical poems, Lieder eines Kosmopolitischen Nachtwächters (1841; “Songs of a Cosmopolitan Nightwatchman”). Publication of the former book led to his dismissal from his job as a teacher in 1841. Between 1841 and 1843 he was a correspondent in Paris and London ...(100 of 191 words)

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