He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker is based.
His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffmann appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. Jurist, author, composer, music critic, artistĮrnst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann 24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empireīerlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
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