Adolf Stern

Born in Leipzig on June 14, 1835, and dying in Dresden on April 15, 1907, he is described in available sources as a German literary historian and poet. Some sources also note that his full name was Friedrich Adolf Ernst Stern.

His career appears to have combined literary scholarship with original writing, which helps explain why he is remembered both as a critic and as a creative author. Although the surviving quick-reference material is brief, it presents him as part of the German literary world of the late 19th century.

Because easily confirmed biographical details are limited in the sources I found here, it is safest to present him as a German man of letters whose work bridged literary history and poetry, with fiction also associated with his name.