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Jun 01, 1770 Dresden, Saxony, Germany Died on 04 Sep 1849 (aged 79)
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About Friedrich Laun
- Friedrich August Schulze (1 June 1770 – 4 September 1849) was a German novelist, who wrote under the pen name Friedrich Laun.
- Schulze was born in Dresden.
- His first novel, Der Mann, auf Freiersfüssen (1801), was favorably received.
- He wrote many volumes, and with Johann August Apel edited a ghost story anthology Das Gespensterbuch ("The Ghost Book") (1811–1815).
- Thomas de Quincey, who translated several of Laun's stories into English, noted his "great popularity" and opined, "the unelaborate narratives of Laun are mines of what is called Fun".
