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Immermann, engraving by Franz Stüber, after a painting by Karl Friedrich Lessing
Immermann, engraving by Franz Stüber, after a painting by Karl Friedrich Lessing

Karl Leberecht Immermann

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Born:
April 24, 1796, Magdeburg, Saxony
Died:
Aug. 25, 1840, Düsseldorf, Prussia (aged 44)

Karl Leberecht Immermann (born April 24, 1796, Magdeburg, Saxony—died Aug. 25, 1840, Düsseldorf, Prussia) was a dramatist and novelist whose works included two forerunners in German literary history: Die Epigonen as a novel of the contemporary social scene and Der Oberhof as a realistic story of village life. The son of a civil servant, Immermann interrupted his legal studies in Halle (1813–17) to fight in the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars. While working in the military court in Münster (1819–24), he fell in love with Elisa von Lützow, the wife of the Prussian general Adolf, Freiherr von Lützow. Their ...(100 of 392 words)

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