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Johann Karl August Musäus
1787Oct, 28

Johann Karl August Musäus

Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (b. 1735)
Johann Karl August Musäus (29 March 1735 – 28 October 1787) was a popular German author and one of the first collectors of German folk stories, most celebrated for his Volksmärchen der Deutschen (1782–1787), a collection of German fairy tales retold as satires.

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