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Johann Nestroy
1801 – 1862
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryJohann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. He participated in the 1848 revolutions and his work reflects the new liberal spirit then spreading throughout Europe.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 7, 1801
Vienna
Date of death
May 25, 1862
Graz
Citizenship
Austrian Empire
Occupations & fields
writerplaywrightpoet lawyerstage actoropera singersatirist
- Field and occupation
- rakouský dramatik, herec a zpěvák
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