Novalis

German aristocrat and polymath (1772–1801)

Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), better known by his pen name Novalis (German: [noˈvaːlɪs]), was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is regarded as an influential figure in Jena Romanticism. Novalis was born into a minor branch of the Hardenberg family in Electoral Saxony.

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