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Christian Morgenstern
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German author (1871-1914)

Also known as: Ch. Morgenstern, Christian Otto Josef Wolfgang Morgenstern, Христиан Моргенштерн, كريستيان مورجنسترن, 크리스티안 모르겐슈테른, クリスティアン・モルゲンシュテルン

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Known works

  • Galgenlieder (1923)
  • La ratonera
  • Rose Ausländer, Christian Morgenstern, translations
  • In the land of punctuation
  • The great lalula and other nonsense rhymes (1969)