Johann Karl August Musäus

Writer, Author

1735 – 1787

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Who was Johann Karl August Musäus?

Johann Karl August Musäus was a popular German author and one of the first collectors of German folk stories, most celebrated for his Volksmärchen der Deutschen, a collection of German fairy tales retold as satires.

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Born
Mar 29, 1735
Jena
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Lived in
  • Jena
Died
Oct 28, 1787
Weimar

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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