Jean Paul  was born on March 21, 1763 in Wunsiedel, Germany.  Jean Paul was the pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter a novelist of the 18th-19th Century.  Noted works by Jean Paul include “Auswahl aus des Teufels Papieren”  (1783),  “Blumen- Frucht- und Dornenstücke” (1796), “Leben des Quintus Fixlein”  (1796), “Titan”  (1800-1803) and “Des Feldpredigers Schmelzle Reise nach Flätz”  (1809).