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Heinrich Heine

1797 - 1856

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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Today, Heine is best remembered for coining the phrase, “Where books burn, so do people.” Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered a member of the Young Germany movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Heine is the 94th most popular writer (down from 66th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Germany (down from 50th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Writer.

Heinrich Heine was a German poet who wrote in the Romantic style. He is most famous for his lyric poetry, which includes "Die Lorelei" and "Ich grolle nicht."

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Among writers, Heinrich Heine ranks 94 out of 7,302. Before him are Pablo Neruda, George Bernard Shaw, Maurice Maeterlinck, Kurt Vonnegut, Giorgio Vasari, and Milan Kundera. After him are Louisa May Alcott, Erich Maria Remarque, Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, Paulo Coelho, and Virginia Woolf.

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Among people born in 1797, Heinrich Heine ranks 3. Before him are Franz Schubert, and William I, German Emperor. After him are Gaetano Donizetti, Mary Shelley, Adolphe Thiers, Hiroshige, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Ghalib, Joseph Henry, Paul Delaroche, and Charles Lyell. Among people deceased in 1856, Heinrich Heine ranks 2. Before him is Robert Schumann. After him are Amedeo Avogadro, Max Stirner, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Adolphe Adam, Paul Delaroche, John Ross, Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, and Florestan I, Prince of Monaco.

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Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Heine ranks 65 out of 7,253. Before him are Erwin Rommel (1891), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Hannah Arendt (1906), Eva Braun (1912), and Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795). After him are Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Konrad Adenauer (1876), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886), Reinhard Heydrich (1904), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), and Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Heinrich Heine ranks 7. Before him are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Anne Frank (1929), Hermann Hesse (1877), Friedrich Schiller (1759), Bertolt Brecht (1898), and Thomas Mann (1875). After him are Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Charles Bukowski (1920), Novalis (1772), Heinrich Böll (1917), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729).

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