Lippmann Moses Büschenthal (12 May 1782 – 27 December 1818) was a Franco-German

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, poet and dramatist of the

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movement. He was born in the Alsatian town of Bischheim, near

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, on 12 May 1782. In 1799, he married Debora Auerbach, granddaughter of Rabbi David Sinzheim, with whom he had four children (they would later divorce in 1813). After a short stay in Paris (1807), he left Alsace for Germany, settling first in

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and then

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, where he worked as a newspaper editor. He then lived in

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and Breslau, before finally settling in

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shortly before his death. Büschenthal published mainly poetry in Hebrew and German, and one dramatic work. He composed psalms in Hebrew for the Jewish community of Strasbourg in 1801 on the occasion of an attempt on

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's life, and in 1803 on the occasion of the war against England. Many of his works were published in the journals ''Sulamith'', ''Jedidja'' and ''Rheinische Blätter''. A collection of short tales was published posthumously.

Bibliography

* * * With W. Heidenheim. * * * * * * * * * * Hebrew translation of

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''. Berlin. 1817. * Preface to 's ''Streifereien im Gebiete des Ernstes und des Scherzes''. Berlin. 1818. * * Tragedy in five acts. *

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