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Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 – July 15, 1929), was an Austria novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. Hofmannsthal was born in Vienna, the son of an upper-class Austrian mother and an Austria-Italian bank manager. His great-grandfather, Isaak Löw Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal, from whom his family inherited the noble title "Edler von Hofmannsthal," was a Jewish merchant ennobled by the Austrian emperor. He began to write poems and plays from an early age. He... full article at wikipedia
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