Johann Nestroy
Playwright, Author
1801 – 1862
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Who was Johann Nestroy?
Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. Dubbed the "Austrian Shakespeare", in style he is more comparable to Molière.
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- Born
- Dec 7, 1801
Vienna - Also known as
- Johann Nepomuk Nestroy
- Nationality
- Austria
- Austrian Empire
- Profession
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- May 25, 1862
Graz
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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