Joseph Victor von Scheffel (16 February 1826 to 9 April 1886) was a German poet and novelist. His novel Ekkehard, published in 1855, became one of the most popular German novels of the nineteenth century. Open Library files him as Joseph Viktor von Scheffel and counts ninety-five works under that record, with Ekkehard as the title it shows first. Other entries on the site include The Trumpeter of Säkkingen in an English translation by Mrs. F. Brünnow, which shows that his work reached English readers. His books are also available through Project Gutenberg, which the Open Library record links to by author number.
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was a German poet and novelist
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1. Joseph Victor von Scheffel (Open Library)
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"birth_date": "1826"
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"death_date": "1886"
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was a German poet and novelist.
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his famous historical romance Ekkehard (1855)
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he wrote his epic poem Der Trompeter von Säkkingen
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