August von Kotzebue
August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst fɔn ˈkɔtsəbuː], Russian: Евстафий Леонтьевич Коцебу, romanized: Yevstafiy Leontyevich Kotsebu; 3 May [O.S. 22 April] 1761 – 23 March [O.S. 11 March] 1819) was a German dramatist and writer who also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany.
August von Kotzebue | |
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| Born | 3 May 1761 Weimar, Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 23 March 1819 (aged 57) Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation |
| Resting place | Mannheim |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | German |
| Alma mater | University of Duisburg |
In 1817, one of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival. He was murdered in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the Burschenschaften. This murder gave Metternich the pretext to issue the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819, which dissolved the Burschenschaften, cracked down on the liberal press, and seriously restricted academic freedom in the states of the German Confederation.
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