This poet left his home country after writing an anti-censorship poem whose only words are “censors” and “idiots.” This author’s travels from Paris to Hamburg inspired a mock epic ridiculing Ferdinand Freiligrath and a satirical travelogue through the Teutoburg Forest, both of which he gave Shakespearean subtitles. This author’s play Almansor includes the line “where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people.” This author of Germany: (*) a Winter’s Tale described the hunt for a dancing bear in his poem Atta Troll. This poet’s Lyrisches Intermezzo were set to music in Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. A poem by this author describes a creature on the Rhine who “combs her golden hair.” For 10 points, name this German poet who wrote about a Siren-like mermaid in “The Lorelei.” ■END■
ANSWER: Heinrich Heine (A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the subtitle for Atta Troll.)
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