Search results
Apr 23, 2024 · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born August 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, critic, and amateur artist, considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.
Mar 31, 2020 · Lily Rockefeller. Published on March 31, 2020. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German novelist, playwright, poet, and statesman who has been described as Germany’s William Shakespeare.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Goethe was born into a middle-class family in Frankfurt am Main on 28 August 1749. In accordance with his father's wishes he studied law at Leipzig, where he came under the influence of the poet C. F. Gellert, who introduced him to such English writers as Sterne, Young, and Richardson. Another acquaintance, A. F ...
One of the preeminent figures in German literature, poet, playwright, and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1749. The child of an imperial councilor, Goethe had a thoroughly classical education before entering Leipzig University in 1765. Though he was there to…
Nov 17, 2014 · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, dramatist and philosopher, was born at Frankfort-on-Main on the 28th of August 1749, the oldest child of Johann Kaspar and his wife Katharina Elisabeth. Of the later children only Cornelia, born in 1750, survived the years of childhood.
Arts. Culture magazines. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749 - 1832) views 3,421,861 updated. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. (1749 - 1832) German poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist, critic, biographer, memoirist, and librettist. Goethe is considered Germany's greatest writer and a genius of the highest order.
