Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin

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Wolf Heinrich Friedrich Karl Graf von Baudissin (January 30, 1789 – April 4, 1878) was a German diplomat, writer, and translator.

Born in Copenhagen, Baudissin worked for the Danish government, and later lived in Stockholm, Vienna, and Paris. After 1827 he lived and worked in Dresden. He collaborated on translations of William Shakespeare with August Wilhelm Schlegel, Ludwig Tieck and Dorothea Tieck. Independently, he translated Molière, Carlo Goldoni, Carlo Gozzi, and others.

[edit] Translations

• Wirnt von Grafenberg, Wigalois.
• Hartmann von Aue, Iwein, 1845.
• Ben Jonson (selected works and contextual materials), 1836.
• Molière, Complete Comedies, 1865-1867.
• William Shakespeare:
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • King Lear
  • Henry VIII
  • Othello
  • Titus Andronicus
  • Troilus and Cressida
  • Much Ado about Nothing

[edit] Notes

Regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.

[edit] External links

• Baudissin at Project Gutenberg.