Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

1729 - 1781

Country of citizenship: Electorate of Saxony

Native language: German

Languages spoken, written or signed: German

Educated at: Leipzig University, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Occupation: lyricist, philosopher, playwright, poet, librarian, theologian, dramaturge, literary critic, journalist, writer, critic, art historian

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (; German: [ˈɡɔthɔlt ˈeːfʁa.ɪm ˈlɛsɪŋ] ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg in his role at Abel Seyler's Hamburg National Theatre. The word Dramaturgy first appears in his work Hamburg Dramaturgy. Source: Wikipedia (en)