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Elisabeth Kuhlmann (1808-1825) Russian-born poet of German parents. Fluent in 11 languages, she wrote over 1,000 poems in her short 17 years. Robert Schumann considered her a wunderkind and set some of her poems to music including Mailied and An den Abendstern. "The Ukrainian music researcher and critic Grigoriy Hansburg wrests from total oblivion the gifted poet Elisabeth Kuhlmann (1808 - 1824), who was born into a German professional officer's family in St. Petersburg. This poet actually shows up historically mainly through the music of Robert Schumann, who was inspired by Kuhlmann's poetry and set several of her poems to music." from the article 'German-Russians Under Monarchy and Dictatorship: HFDR Publishes a new Volume of the Series 'Russland-Deutsche Zeitgeschichte' [Contemporary German-Russian History]' from the NSDU Libraries Germans from Russia Heritage Collection website