Siegfried Kapper

Siegfried Kapper was the literary pseudonym of Isaac Salomon Kapper (21 March 1821, Smíchov – 7 June 1879, Prague), a Bohemian-born Austrian writer of Jewish origin.

Kapper wrote excellent fairy tales and poems, and was one of the leading figures of Czech-Jewish assimilation.

He translated Mácha's Máj into German for the first time (1844).

[1] Austrian composer Nina Stollewerk used Kapper's text for her composition "Zwei Gedichte," opus 5.

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