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Friedrich Schiller, (born Nov. 10, 1759, Marbach, Württemberg—died May 9, 1805, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar), German dramatist, poet, and literary theorist, one of the greatest figures in German literature. Schiller was educated at the direction of a domineering duke, whose tyranny he eventually fled to write.
Schiller was ennobled (with the addition of a von to his name) in 1802. Death overtook him in 1805 while he was working at a new play on a Russian theme, Demetrius (1805). Judging by the fragments that remain, it might well have developed into a masterpiece.
A biography of the life and works of Friedrich Schiller (November 10, 1759 – May 9, 1805) produced by the Schiller Institute in 1984. At the Founding Conference of the Schiller Institute, the Evening Panel included a biographical film on the life, work and ideas of Friedrich Schiller.
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May 29, 2018 · Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von (1759–1805) German dramatist, historian, and philosopher. His early blank verse plays, such as The Robbers (1781) and Don Carlos (1787), are classics of the Sturm und Drang period. Schiller's aesthetic and philosophical ideas were influenced by the idealism of Kant.
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 – May 9, 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist who became, along with his close friend Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of the influential figures in what would become known as the classical movement in German literature.
The Weimarer Klassik movement lasted thirty-three years, from 1772 until 1805, and involved intellectuals such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Schiller, and Christoph Martin Wieland; and then was concentrated upon Goethe and Schiller, previously exponents of the Sturm and drang movement, during the period 1788 ...
Nov 16, 2014 · 7.83K subscribers. 255. 19K views 8 years ago. The early years of German poet/philosopher/historian/playwright Friedrich Schiller, from his birth to young adulthood, including his tenure at a ...
