HOPFEN, HANS VON (1835-1904), German novelist and poet, born at Munich on Jan. 3, 1835, became one of the circle of young writers encouraged by Maximilian II. of Bavaria. His early songs and ballads appeared in the Miinchener Dichterbuch. In 1866 he settled in Berlin, where he died (at Lichterfelde) on Nov. 19, 1904. His novels include: Peregretta (1864) ; V erdorben zu Paris (1868, new ed. 1892) ; Arge Sitten (1869) ; Der grace Freund (1874, 2nd ed., 1876); and Ver fehlte Liebe (1876, 2nd ed., 1879), while of his shorter stories Tiroler Geschichten (1884-85) command most favour.
An autobiographical sketch is contained in K. E. Franzos, Ge schichte des Ersttingswerkes 0904).