August Von Kotzebue
August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue ( ; 3 May 1761 – 23 March 1819) was a German dramatist and author who also worked as a consul in Russia.
One of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival in 1817. He was murdered in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the Burschenschaften. This murder gave Metternich the pretext to issue the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819, which dissolved the Burschenschaften, cracked down on the liberal press, and seriously restricted academic freedom in the states of the German Confederation.
Read more about August Von Kotzebue: Life, Assassination, Work, Legacy
Famous quotes containing the words august and/or von:
“What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.”
—J. August Strindberg (1849–1912)
“We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth.”
—Novalis [Friedrich Von Hardenberg] (1772–1801)