Heinrich von Kleist
1777
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1811
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Kingdom of Prussia
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: Alma Mater Viadrina
occupation: playwright, poet, short story writer, novelist, writer, poet lawyer, opinion journalist
student of: Christian Ernst Martini
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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 1777 – 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist died by suicide together with a close female friend who was terminally ill. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him, as was the Kleist Theater in his birthplace Frankfurt an der Oder. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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