Franz Bernhard Heinrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Gaudy (1800-04-19 Frankfurt (Oder)–1840-02-05 Berlin) was a German poet and novellist.
His family hailed from Scotland. He got his education first on the Collège Français in Berlin, then in Schulpforta. 1818 he entered the Prussian army, built applied for his discharge in 1833 in favor of the life of a free writer. In 1833 and 1835 he travelled to Italy.
In his poems, he first imitated Heinrich Heine, later Pierre-Jean de Béranger. After Gustav Schwabs retirement he was the editor of the Deutscher Musenalmanach 1839 along with Adelbert von Chamisso.
Works
- Erato (1829)
- Kaiserlieder (1835)
- Aus dem Tagebuch eines wandernden Schneidergesellen (1836)
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