Wilhelm Grimm
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| Wilhelm Grimm | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 24, 1786 Hanau, Hesse-Kassel |
| Died | December 16, 1859 (age 73) Berlin, Prussia |
Wilhelm Carl Grimm (February 24, 1786 – December 16, 1859) was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.
He was born in Hanau, Hesse-Kassel and in 1803 he started studying law at the University of Marburg, one year after his brother Jacob did the same.
In 1825 Wilhelm married Henriette Dorothea Wild, also known as Dortchen.
From 1837-1841 the Grimm Brothers joined five of their colleague professors at the University of Göttingen to form a group known as the Göttinger Sieben (The Göttingen Seven). They protested against Ernst August, King of Hanover, whom they accused of violating the constitution. All seven were fired by the king.
Grimm died in Berlin at the age of 73.
In Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm, Academy Award winner Matt Damon played a fictionalized version of Wilhelm. A slightly less fictionalized version of Wilhelm was played by Laurence Harvey in the 1962 film The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm.
[edit] Individual works of Wilhelm Grimm
- Altdänische Heldenlieder, Balladen und Märchen (Old Danish Heroic Lays, Ballads, and Folktales) in 1811
- Über deutsche Runen (On German Runes) in 1821.
- Die deutsche Heldensage (The German Heroic Legend) in 1829.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt (This site is the only one to feature all of the Grimms' notes translated in English along with the tales from Hunt's original edition. Andrew Lang's introduction is also included.)
- Works by Wilhelm Grimm at Project Gutenberg
