MOSEN, inn'zcn, .hut's (1803-67). A Ger man author, born at Marieney in the Vogtland, Saxony. He attended the University of Jena, where Goethe awarded him the first prize for his competitive anniversary poem on Karl August's fiftieth birthday; completed his studies at Leip zig in 1826-28, and from 1828 to 1831 was in the office of an advocate at Markneukirchen. lie went to Oldenburg in 1844 under appointment from Grand Duke Paul Frederick August as dramaturgist of the Iloftheater with title of Councilor. His activity in that post was inter rupted by illness, and from 1850 he was pen sioned. His first public success was achieved by the epic Lied runt kilter Iruhn (1831), based on the Italian legend of 11 eavalicre Sens°, and his reputation was much increased by A ref' (1838), a second poem in that kind, whose large, historical action is somewhat impeded by its philosophy. The Gedichte of 1836 (211 ed. 1843)
include the well-known ballads, long since Cs. tablished as rolkslirder, "Andreas Hofer," "Per Trompeter an der Katzbach," and "Die letzten %elm von' vierten Regiment," descriptive of an episode in the Polish contest for independence. Of his works of fiction. the best, perhaps, are the Birder inn Moose (2 vols., 1846), short stories, finished in workmanship. II is dramas were over weighted with the rhetorical exposition of his ideas on polities and history. Otto M. (ap peared with three others as Theater. 1842) was the most important. As dramaturgist, he did much to further German drama. especially Shakespearean presentations. The best collective edition of his works is that of 1880 (Leipzig, 6 vols.), Consult the anonymous biography, Julius Mosen, (Oldenburg, 1878).