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Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯.haʁt ˈhaʊ̯ptˌman] ⓘ; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism , though he integrated other styles into his work as well.
Mar 12, 2024 · Gerhart Hauptmann (born November 15, 1862, Bad Salzbrunn, Silesia, Prussia [now Szczawno-Zdrój, Poland]—died June 6, 1946, Agnetendorf, Germany [now Jagniątków, Poland]) was a German playwright, poet, and novelist who was a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1912.
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Biographical note on Gerhart Hauptmann. Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) gained fame as one of the founders of German Naturalism. After Vor Sonnenaufgang, which created a scandal and, at the same time, was hailed as the beginning of naturalistic drama in Germany, he wrote his most successful play, Die Weber (1892) [ The Weavers ], the comedy Der ...
Gerhart Hauptmann, (born Nov. 15, 1862, Bad Salzbrunn, Silesia, Prussia—died June 6, 1946, Agnetendorf, Ger.), German playwright and poet. He studied sculpture before turning to literature in his early 20s. His first play, the starkly realistic social drama Before Dawn (1889), made him famous and signaled the end of highly stylized German drama.
May 18, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Gerhart Hauptmann, a German dramatist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912. Explore his naturalist plays, such as Before Dawn, The Weavers, and The Rats, and their historical and social context.
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Sep 17, 2020 · Gerhart Hauptmann’s Die Weber ( The Weavers) is commonly regarded as the first revolutionary proletarian play in German literature as well as the greatest of all naturalist dramas.
(1862–1946). The most prominent German dramatist of his time, Gerhart Hauptmann won the Nobel prize for literature in 1912. He established his reputation in 1889 as an exponent of naturalism, an artistic technique that deals realistically with human emotions and motives. Much of his writing was of the neoclassical type of romanticism.
