Chamisso

Among its members were Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785 – 1858), Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 – 1838), Wilhelm Neumann (1781 – 1834) and Heinrich von Kleist (1777 – 1811).

Berlin Salons: Late Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Century. 2009

But not as best-selling as the piece written by his on-board naturalist Adalbert von Chamisso French aristo family, ran away from guillotine, settled in Berlin, hence the “von”.

American Connections James Burke 2007

By the time of his voyage with Kotzebue (during which he identified floating fruits as Pacific island vegetation colonizers), Chamisso had written poetry set to music by Schumann as well as his own internationally acclaimed Peter Schliemihl, the Man Who Sold his Shadow (to the Devil, in return for a bottomless purse, but finds happiness only wearing magic boots and botanizing—weird or what?)

American Connections James Burke 2007

But not as best-selling as the piece written by his on-board naturalist Adalbert von Chamisso French aristo family, ran away from guillotine, settled in Berlin, hence the “von”.

American Connections James Burke 2007

Chamisso also wrote a novel about a man who sold his soul see elsewhere.

American Connections James Burke 2007

By the time of his voyage with Kotzebue (during which he identified floating fruits as Pacific island vegetation colonizers), Chamisso had written poetry set to music by Schumann as well as his own internationally acclaimed Peter Schliemihl, the Man Who Sold his Shadow (to the Devil, in return for a bottomless purse, but finds happiness only wearing magic boots and botanizing—weird or what?)

American Connections James Burke 2007

In 1804 he joint-edited a short-lived literary mag with poet and traveler Adalbert von Chamisso.

American Connections James Burke 2007

Soldier-turned-botanist with an interest in the creepy, in 1811 Chamisso spent time at the Swiss villa of Romantic maven Madame De Stael.

American Connections James Burke 2007

Chamisso also wrote a novel about a man who sold his soul see elsewhere.

American Connections James Burke 2007

In 1804 he joint-edited a short-lived literary mag with poet and traveler Adalbert von Chamisso.

American Connections James Burke 2007