E. T. A. Hoffmann

From Wikipedia   Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror a jurist composer music critic draftsman and caricaturist His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbachs famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann in which Hoffmann appears heavily fictionalized as the hero He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote while Schumanns Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmanns character Johannes Kreisler Hoffmanns stories were very influential during the 19th century and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement