- Adolf Paul
Adolf Paul (
6 January 1863 ,Bromma ,Sweden –30 September 1943 ,Berlin ,Germany ) was a writer in the German, Swedish, and Finnish languages. He, along with figures such asAugust Strindberg ,Edvard Munch , andStanisław Przybyszewski was one of the circle of artists who gathered at the tavernZum schwarzen Ferkel (the 'Black Piglet') in Berlin.As a student at the Helsinki Music Institute, Adolf Paul became a close friend of Jean
Sibelius , the Finnish composer. Sibelius later wrote the incidental music to Paul's play, "King Christian II", a piece about the Scandinavian king (1898); and a wedding march for another of Paul's plays, the comedy "The Language of Birds" (1911).See also
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