Gottfried August Bürger

Gottfried August Bürger
19th-century bust at the Gottfried-August-Bürger-Denkmal in Göttingen
Born
Gottfried August Bürger

(1747-12-31)31 December 1747
Molmerswende
Died8 June 1794(1794-06-08) (aged 46)
Göttingen

Gottfried August Bürger (31 December 1747 – 8 June 1794) was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, Lenore, found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English and Russian adaptation and a French translation.

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