August von Kotzebue was born on May 3, 1761 in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire [now Thuringia, Germany]. August was a writer, known for
Die Stricknadeln (1916),
Der Wirrwarr (1919) and
Papas Knoten (1918). August died on March 23, 1819 in Mannheim, Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany].