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German author, philologist, collector of fairy tales and legends (1786–1859)

Also known as: Guglielmo Grimm, Wilhelm Carl Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Вильгельм Гримм, فلهلم غريم, 빌헬름 그림

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