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AUGUST KOPISCH (1799-1853)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 897 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AUGUST See also:KOPISCH (1799-1853)  , See also:German poet, was See also:born at See also:Breslau on the 26th of May 1799 . In 1815 he began the study of See also:painting at the See also:Prague See also:academy, but an injury to his See also:hand precluded the prospects of any See also:great success in this profession, and he turned to literature . After a See also:residence in See also:Dresden See also:Kopisch proceeded, in 1822, to See also:Italy, where, at See also:Naples, he formed an intimate friendship with the poet See also:August, See also:count of Platen Hallermund . He was an See also:expert swimmer, a quality which enabled him in See also:company with See also:Ernst See also:Fries to discover the See also:blue grotto of See also:Capri . In 1828 he settled at See also:Berlin and was granted a See also:pension by See also:Frederick See also:William IV., who in 1838 conferred upon him•the See also:title of See also:professor . He died at Berlin on the 3rd of See also:February 1853 . Kopisch produced some very See also:original See also:poetry, See also:light in See also:language and in See also:form . He especially treated legends and popular subjects, and among his Gedichte (Berlin, 1836) are some naive and humorous little pieces such as See also:Die Historie von See also:Noah, Die Heinzelmannchen, Das griine Tier and Der Scheiderjunge von Krippstedt, which became widely popular . He also published a See also:translation of See also:Dante's Divine See also:Comedy (Berlin, 1840), and under the title Agrumi (Berlin, 1838) a collection of See also:translations of See also:Italian folk songs . Kopisch's collected See also:works were published in 5 vols .

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