in his collection Die Serapionsbrüder in 1819. In 1842 Richard Wagner wrote a libretto based on Hoffmann's short story called Die Bergwerke zu Falun, but it was refused and instead he wrote Tannhäuser. In 1901 Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Das Bergwerk zu Falun had a premiere in Vienna. References Sources Fet-Mats Fet-Mats Richard Wagner och Falun Mummies 1677 deaths 17th-century Swedish people Year of birth unknown 1719 in Sweden