11 Facts About Ludwig Tieck

Ludwig Tieck was one of the founding fathers of the Romantic movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Ludwig Tieck's siblings were the sculptor Christian Friedrich Tieck and the poet Sophie Tieck.

Ludwig Tieck was educated at the Friedrichswerdersches Gymnasium, where he learned Greek and Latin, as required in most preparatory schools.

Ludwig Tieck began learning Italian at a very young age, from a grenadier with whom he became acquainted.

Ludwig Tieck later attended the universities of Halle, Gottingen, and Erlangen.

On returning to Berlin in 1794, Ludwig Tieck attempted to make a living by writing.

Ludwig Tieck wrote Abdallah and a novel in letters, William Lovell.

In 1801 Ludwig Tieck went to Dresden, then lived for a time at Ziebingen near Frankfurt, and spent many months in Italy.

In 1817 Ludwig Tieck visited England in order to collect materials for a work on Shakespeare, which was never finished.

Ludwig Tieck's importance lay in the readiness with which he adapted himself to the emerging new ideas which arose at the close of the 18th century, as well as his Romantic works, such as Der blonde Eckbert.

Ludwig Tieck's Schriften appeared in twenty volumes, and his Gesammelte Novellen in twelve.