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Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792)
Lenz, Jakob Michael Reinhold (lents). A German poet; born at Sesswegen, in Livonia, Jan. 12, 1751; died at Moscow, May 24, 1792. He was an enthusiastic admirer of Shakespeare, and in 1774 published ‘Remarks on the Stage, with Translation of Parts of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost”’; and the influence of Shakespeare is seen in his odd comedies, ‘The Tutor’ (1774); ‘The New Menoza’ (1774); ‘The Soldiers’ (1776). He adapted several ‘Plays of Plautus for the German Stage’ (1774). His finest poem is ‘Love in the Country.’ His minor songs and ballads are sometimes admirable for their simple feeling.