Bleibtreu
KARL AUGUST (blīb'troi), a German poet and novelist, born at Berlin, Jan. 13, 1859. He is one of the foremost representatives of the youngest German school in literature, and a pronounced realist. All his views are radical, as shown by the very titles of his works, e. g., "Revolution in Literature" (1885); "Literature's Struggle for Life." He also wrote "Dies Iræ," "Napoleon at Leipsic," "Cromwell at Marston Moor." His dramas are "Lord Byron" (1888); "The Day of Judgment," "The Queen's Necklace," etc.