Dwarf Noses

Wilhelm Hauff (1802-1827) - a famous German fairy tale writer, was born in the family of a Prussian Foreign Office employee and a noblewoman from Alsace. The boy was only 7 years old when his father passed away and the family moved to his grandfather's estate in the city of Tübingen. The huge library became the favorite place of little Wilhelm, and the books were his best friends. After graduating from university, Hauff became a governor in the family of the Minister of Defense - General Baron von Höge. It was for his little charges that Wilhelm began to write fairy tales. For the first time, the magical fairy tales of W. Hauff were published in "The January Fairy Tale Almanac of 1826 for the sons and daughters of the nobility" and immediately found many admirers. During Hauff's lifetime, two collections of his fairy tales were published; another collection was published by his wife three years after his death.