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Nicolaus Lenau (1802–1850)
Lenau, Nicolaus (lā-nou’), pseudonym of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch von Strehlenau. A celebrated German lyric poet; born at Csatad, Hungary, Aug. 13, 1802; died at Oberdöbling, near Vienna, Aug. 22, 1850. An unhappy love affair made him insane, and he died in a madhouse. He is widely known for his elegies. His works include ‘Savanarola’ (1837), ‘The Albigenses’ (1842), and others; all of gloomy tendency.