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Friedrich Hölderlin

1770 - 1843

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Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (UK: , US: ; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhœldɐliːn] ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Particularly due to his early association with and philosophical influence on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, he was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism. Born in Lauffen am Neckar, Hölderlin had a childhood marked by bereavement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Hölderlin is the 200th most popular writer (down from 194th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Germany (down from 155th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Writer.

Friedrich Hölderlin is most famous for his poetry, especially his poem "Patmos."

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Among writers, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 200 out of 7,302. Before him are Tove Jansson, Fuzûlî, Johannes V. Jensen, Menander, François-René de Chateaubriand, and Orhan Pamuk. After him are Joseph Conrad, Geoffrey Chaucer, Aldous Huxley, Imre Kertész, Luís de Camões, and David Woodard.

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Among people born in 1770, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 4. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Frederick William III of Prussia. After him are Bertel Thorvaldsen, Louis-Nicolas Davout, William Wordsworth, William Clark, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, François Gérard, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski. Among people deceased in 1843, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 2. Before him is Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis. After him are Noah Webster, William I of the Netherlands, Samuel Hahnemann, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Joseph Lanner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Theodoros Kolokotronis, John Armstrong Jr., Marie Anne Lenormand, and Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 157 out of 7,253. Before him are Alfred Wegener (1880), Friedrich Merz (1955), Friedrich Wöhler (1800), Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), and Hans Adolf Krebs (1900). After him are Lothair I (795), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Walter Gropius (1883), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Agrippina the Younger (15), and George I of Great Britain (1660).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Mann (1875), Heinrich Heine (1797), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Charles Bukowski (1920), Novalis (1772), and Heinrich Böll (1917). After him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Nelly Sachs (1891), Paul Heyse (1830), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Eckhart Tolle (1948), and Jacob Grimm (1785).

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