Maurer, Franz

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"Reisebilder aus dem romantischen Deutschland"

Franz Maurer (1831-72) grew up in Berlin in poor circumstances, had to leave school before finishing it, but became editor at the Vossische Zeitung and published two books: "Die Nikobaren" in 1867 and "Eine Reise durch Bosnien, die Saveländer und Ungarn" in 1870.
His German translation of Atterbom's travelogue was first published in Berliner Allgemeine Zeitung on 1st August 1863, where Maurer in his preface writes about this "memorial" of a time, that it was richer "an großen Geistern wie unser Epigonenzeitalter".