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August Schrader
1815–1878
A prolific 19th-century German writer, translator, and publicist, he moved easily between fiction and literary adaptation. His career also included work as an actor and private tutor, giving his writing a broad, lived-in feel.
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About the author
Born in 1815 in Wegeleben and later dying in Leipzig in 1878, August Schrader was active as a writer, translator, publicist, private tutor, and actor. The surviving reference records present him as a versatile literary figure rather than the author of a single famous title.
Bibliographic sources and author listings show that he translated and adapted a substantial range of works into German, including fiction by well-known French writers, while also publishing his own novels and novellas. That mix suggests a career shaped by both storytelling and mediation between languages and literary cultures.
Today, Schrader is mostly encountered through library authority records and digitized text collections, where his publications still surface as part of the rich print culture of the mid-19th century. I couldn’t confirm a suitable portrait image from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included.