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Detlev von Liliencron
1844Jun, 3

Detlev von Liliencron

Detlev von Liliencron, German poet and author (d. 1909)
Baron Detlev von Liliencron born Friedrich Adolf Axel Detlev Liliencron (3 June 1844 in Kiel – 22 July 1909) was a German lyric poet and novelist from Kiel.

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