August Lewald (14 October 1792 in

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– 10 March 1871 in

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) was a German author.

Biography

Lewald was born at

. He entered the

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n service at

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, as secretary, during the War of Liberation. He became an actor, and after 1818 he was manager and director of theatres at

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, and elsewhere. In 1835, he founded the periodical ''Europa'' at Stuttgart, and afterwards became editor of the conservative ''Deutsche Chronik''. A collection of his works, made by himself, was published in twelve volumes (1844–45), including the autobiographical ''Aquarelle aus dem Leben'' (1836–37 and 1840).

Family

He was a cousin of writer Fanny Lewald whose first novel appeared in the pages of ''Europa''.

References

* * 1792 births 1871 deaths Writers from Königsberg German editors German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub