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Christoph Martin Wieland

1733 - 1813

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Christoph Martin Wieland (; German: [ˈviːlant]; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer, representative of literary Rococo. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman (Geschichte des Agathon), as well as the epic Oberon, which formed the basis for both Friederike Sophie Seyler's opera of the same name and Carl Maria von Weber's opera of the same name. His thought was representative of the cosmopolitanism of the German Enlightenment, exemplified in his remark: "Only a true cosmopolitan can be a good citizen." He was a key figure of Weimar Classicism and a collaborator of Abel Seyler's theatre company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christoph Martin Wieland is the 770th most popular writer (up from 987th in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from Germany (up from 977th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Writer.

Christoph Martin Wieland was a German poet and writer who is most famous for his work Oberon, an epic poem about the fairy king of the same name.

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Among writers, Christoph Martin Wieland ranks 770 out of 7,302. Before him are V. S. Naipaul, Charles Maurras, Neal Cassady, Bernhard Schlink, Ban Gu, and Pierre Boulle. After him are Heliodorus of Emesa, Agathias, Aubrey Beardsley, William Beckford, Henry Fielding, and H. L. Mencken.

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Among people born in 1733, Christoph Martin Wieland ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Priestley, and Magtymguly Pyragy. After him are Victoire of France, Johan Zoffany, Carsten Niebuhr, George Read, Hubert Robert, Siraj ud-Daulah, Jean-Charles de Borda, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, and Daniel Solander. Among people deceased in 1813, Christoph Martin Wieland ranks 10. Before him are George Shaw, André Grétry, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Robert R. Livingston, and Jean Victor Marie Moreau. After him are Jean-Andoche Junot, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, and Johann Baptist Wanhal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christoph Martin Wieland ranks 764 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernhard Schlink (1944), Michael Praetorius (1571), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), and Berti Vogts (1946). After him are George V of Hanover (1819), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), Werner Mölders (1913), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), and Albert of Brandenburg (1490).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Christoph Martin Wieland ranks 43. Before him are Dietrich Eckart (1868), Georg Büchner (1813), Clemens Brentano (1778), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Hugo Ball (1886), and Bernhard Schlink (1944). After him are Anna Seghers (1900), Achim von Arnim (1781), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Karl Harrer (1890), and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622).

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