Knusper, knusper knäuschen, wer knuspert an meinem Häuschen? Der Wind, der Wind, das himmlische Kind. -Brüder Grimm (Hansel und Gretel)

                                     

illustration by Errol Le Cain, Thorn Rose

Happy Birthday to Wilhelm Grimm, One of the Brothers Grimm, along with his older brother Jacob Grimm, authors of the famous collection "Grimm's Fairy Tales", first published in 1812 with 86 stories. By the seventh edition in 1857, 211 stories were included. From the brothers' collecting of old folk tales has come the popularity of the such tales as "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Rapunzel" and "Rumpelstiltskin".

Together with his brother Jacob, Wilhelm was the instigator of the mammoth "Deutsches Wörterbuch" the largest German dictionary ever complied. Begun in 1838, it was published in parts from 1852. Unfinished at their death it was finally completed by later scholars in 1961.

for more:

- Grimm's Fairy Tales audiobook by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm (1785-1863; 1786-1859) Translated by Edgar Taylor(1793-1839) and Marian Edwardes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWM6rj6jLiw

- 30 dunkle Märchen der Brüder GrimmHörspiel, BUCH FUNK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL9d8L_p1l0

source: https://www.onthisday.com/people/wilhelm-grimm