August Wilhelm Schlegel
August Wilhelm (after 1812:
von)
Schlegel (; 8 September 176712 May 1845), usually cited as
August Schlegel, was a German Indologist, poet, translator and critic, and with his brother
Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence within
Jena Romanticism. His translations of Shakespeare turned the English dramatist's works into German classics. Schlegel was also the professor of
Sanskrit in Continental Europe and produced a translation of the ''
Bhagavad Gita''.
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