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Eduard Friedrich Mörike
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Mörike, Eduard Friedrich
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Born September 8, 1804 • Ludwigsburg • Germany
Died June 4, 1875 (aged 70) • Stuttgart • Germany
Notable Works “Das Stuttgarter Hutzelmännlein” • “Maler Nolten” • “Mozart on the Way to Prague”

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Novalis, detail of an engraving by Edouard Eichens, 1845
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Schickele
René Schickele
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Hans Carossa
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Paul Ernst
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Däubler
Theodor Däubler
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