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Heinrich Hoffmann

Born

in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

June 13, 1809

Died

December 13, 1901

Genre

Children's Books

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Note: There is more than one Heinrich Hoffman.

Heinrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short works including Der Struwwelpeter (German for either "slovenly Peter" or "shock-haired Peter"), an illustrated book portraying children misbehaving.

He wrote under the following names:

- Polykarpus Gastfenger (The given name is the German version of that of a Christian martyr; the surname sounds like "Gastfänger", which could be a common noun for "guest-catcher".)
- Heulalius von Heulenburg
- Heinrich Hoffmann
- Heinrich Hoffmann-Donner (The second half of the compound surname would mean "thunder" as a common noun, or a name for the Germanic thunder-god Thor.)
- Heinrich Kinderlieb (The surname means roughly "love of child ...more

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	Der Struwwelpeter 3.81 avg rating — 4,109 ratings — published 1845 — 412 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks by Heinrich Hoffmann, Sarita Vendetta (Illustrator), Jack D. Zipes (Introduction) 3.78 avg rating — 1,330 ratings — published 1845 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Struwwelpeter 3.86 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Klassiker für Kinder by Heinrich Hoffmann, Wilhelm Busch, Cilli Schmitt-Teichmann 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Struwwelpeter: Lustige Geschichten und Drollige Bilder really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Max und Moritz & Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann, Wilhelm Busch 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Struwwelpeter und die Struwwelliese by Heinrich Hoffmann, Julius Lütje liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slovenly Kate and Other Stories: From the Struwwelpeter Library by Heinrich Hoffmann, Theodor Hosemann (Illustrations) 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1875 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	König Nußknacker und der arme Reinhold. Ein Kindermährchen in Bildern liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Struwwelpeter: A new gift edition of a classic illustrated children’s book. 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It almost makes me cry to tell, what foolish Harriet befell.”
― Heinrich Hoffmann, Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks

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