Hermann Marggraff (1809–1864) was a German poet and humorous author. He was born at Züllichau,

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and studied at

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; and, devoting himself to journalism, lived and wrote in

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, and Frankfort, finally settling in Leipzig (1853) as editor of the ''Blätter für literarische Unterhaltung''. He wrote the critical essay, ''Deutschlands Jüngste Kultur- und Litteraturepoche'' (1839); several plays, e. g., ''Das Täubchen von Amsterdam''; humorous novels, including ''Justus und Chrysostomus, Gebrüder Pech'' (1840), ''Johannes Mackel'' (1841), and ''Fritz Beutel'' (1855), after the fashion of

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; a biography of Ernst Schulze (Leipzig, 1855); ''Schillers und Kärners Freundschaftsbund'' (1859); ''Gedichte'' (1857); ''Balladenchronik'' (1862).

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