Hugo von Hofmannsthal

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Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (German:[ˈhuːɡo ˈlaʊʁenʦ ˈaʊɡʊst ˈhoːfman fɔn ˈhoːfmanstaːl]; February 1, 1874 – July 15, 1929) was an Austrian prodigy, a novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.