Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Alternate names: E T A Hoffmann; Ernst T. A. Hoffmann; Ernst Th. A. Hoffmann; Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann; Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Adelbert von Chamisso, H. Von Kleist; Ernst Theodor Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; Ernst Theodor Hoffman; Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; Эрнст Теодо́р Амадей Го́фман; Eta Hoffman; E. T. A. Hoffman; Lisbeth Zwerger; Eta Hoffmann; E. T. A. Hoffman; E. T. A Hoffman
Born: 24 January 1776
Died: 25 June 1822
Bio: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffmann appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. 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. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.