(1776–1822), German novelist, short-story writer, and music critic; full name Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. His extravagantly fantastic stories provided the inspiration for Offenbach's opera Tales of Hoffmann (1881).
Definition of Hoffmann, E. T. A. in US English:
Hoffmann, E. T. A.
proper nounˈhäfmən
(1776–1822), German novelist, short-story writer, and music critic; full name Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. His extravagantly fantastic stories provided the inspiration for Offenbach's opera Tales of Hoffmann (1881).