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  1. Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vienna.

  2. Franz Grillparzer (born Jan. 15, 1791, Vienna [Austria]—died Jan. 21, 1872, Vienna) was an Austrian dramatist who wrote tragedies that were belatedly recognized as the greatest works of the Austrian stage. Grillparzer’s father was a lawyer who died in debt in 1809; his markedly neurotic mother committed suicide 10 years later.

  3. Franz Grillparzer, (born Jan. 15, 1791, Vienna—died Jan. 21, 1872, Vienna), Austrian dramatist. He spent much of his life in government service. His early tragedies include The Ancestress (1817), Sappho (1818), and the pessimistic The Golden Fleece (1821).

  4. Jun 11, 2018 · Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872) is generally considered to be Austria's greatest playwright. His plays are well-written dramas of sentiment and psychological conflict, which often express a resigned attitude toward the problems of life.

  5. Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (January 15, 1791 – January 21, 1872) was an Austrian dramatist whose tragedies were belatedly recognized as some of the finest plays in the tradition of the Austrian theater. While writing during the period of Romanticism, Grillparzer's poetic language owes far more to the period of classicism which reigned ...

  6. Overview. Franz Grillparzer. (1791—1872) Quick Reference. (1791–1872) The most important Austrian dramatist of the nineteenth century, Grillparzer managed to synthesize the legacy of Spanish baroque drama and the practice of Viennese popular theatre with German neoclassicism ...

  7. Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872) and Beethoven: playwright and composer. Grillparzer was 17 years of age when he first met Beethoven in Heiligenstadt, where he was staying with his mother in the same house as Beethoven. He has left an account of how his mother would sit on the landing listening to Beethoven playing the piano.

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