Franz Hoffmann

Born in Bernburg in 1814, Alexander Friedrich Franz Hoffmann became a German writer, editor, and bookseller. Reference sources describe him especially as a writer of youth and popular literature, and note that he died in Dresden in 1882.

Hoffmann was remarkably prolific. His books were aimed largely at younger readers, and his reputation rests on the wide range of stories and adaptations he produced for families and children.

Although he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, bibliographic and literary reference works remember him as a steady, successful contributor to 19th-century German juvenile literature.