August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1845)

August Wilhelm Schlegel

German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)

August Wilhelm von Schlegel was a German Indologist, poet, translator and critic. With his brother Friedrich Schlegel, he was a leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics. Schlegel was also…