author
E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
1776–1822
A master of the uncanny, this German Romantic writer blended fantasy, satire, and psychological unease in stories that still feel startlingly modern. He was also a composer, critic, artist, and jurist, bringing an unusual range of experience to his fiction.
21 Audiobooks
Deutsche Humoristen, 2. Band (von 8)
by Clemens Brentano, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann, Heinrich Zschokke
Lebensansichten des Katers Murr nebst fragmentarischer Biographie des Kapellmeisters Johannes Kreisler in zufälligen Makulaturblättern
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Der Goldene Topf
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Martti mestari ja hänen kisällinsä
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
De Gouden Vaas
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Weird Tales. Vol. 1 (of 2)
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Deutsche Humoristen, 6. Band (von 8) Humoristische Erzählungen
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann, Bettina von Arnim, Adolph Bayersdorfer, Friedrich Theodor Fischer, Ludwig Thoma, Henry F. Urban
Nachtstücke
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober: Ein Märchen
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Outo intohimo: Kertomus Ludvig XIV:n ajalta
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Kiusanhenki: Satu
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Hunnutettu nainen
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The Serapion Brethren, Vol. II
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Pähkinänrusentaja ja hiirikuningas
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Weird Tales, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I.
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Die Elixiere des Teufels : Nachgelassene Papiere des Bruders Medardus, eines Kapuziners
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Markiisittaren rikos
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
About the author
Born in Königsberg in 1776, E. T. A. Hoffmann was christened Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann and later changed Wilhelm to Amadeus out of admiration for Mozart. Reliable reference sources describe him not only as a writer, but also as a jurist, composer, music critic, and artist, which helps explain the richness and theatricality of his work.
He became one of the defining voices of German Romanticism, especially through tales in which the everyday world suddenly opens onto something strange, comic, or deeply unsettling. He is widely remembered for works such as The Sandman and Nutcracker and Mouse King, and reference sources note that his fiction helped shape later horror, fantasy, and crime writing.
Hoffmann died in Berlin in 1822, but his influence lasted far beyond his lifetime. His stories inspired later composers and writers, and his mix of imagination, darkness, and irony still gives his work a vivid, dreamlike charge.