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Heinrich von Kleist

1777 - 1811

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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (German: [ˌhaɪ̯nʁɪç fɔn ˈklaɪ̯st] ; 18 October 1777 – 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist shot himself together with a close female friend who was terminally ill. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him, as was the Kleist Theater in his birthplace Frankfurt an der Oder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich von Kleist is the 366th most popular writer (down from 298th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Germany (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Writer.

Heinrich von Kleist is most famous for his play, "The Prince of Homburg."

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Among writers, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 366 out of 7,302. Before him are Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Pierre Beaumarchais, Ivanka Trump, Arthur Schnitzler, Théophile Gautier, and Henry Miller. After him are Gabriele D'Annunzio, Coen brothers, Ivar Aasen, Carlos Castaneda, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and Mikhail Sholokhov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 6. Before him are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Hans Christian Ørsted, Alexander I of Russia, Désirée Clary, and Henry Clay. After him are Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Elisa Bonaparte, John Ross, Philipp Otto Runge, Juliette Récamier, and Louis Jacques Thénard. Among people deceased in 1811, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 1. After him are Peter Simon Pallas, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, Nevil Maskelyne, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Eliza Poe, Thomas Percy, and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 330 out of 7,253. Before him are Richard Dedekind (1831), Carl Bosch (1874), Erich Hartmann (1922), Carl Zeiss (1816), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), and Friedrich Ratzel (1844). After him are Wilhelm Frick (1877), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), James Franck (1882), and Carol I of Romania (1839).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 21. Before him are Paul Heyse (1830), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Jacob Grimm (1785), Ernst Jünger (1895), and Michael Ende (1929). After him are Karl May (1842), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Einhard (770), Traudl Junge (1920), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), and Erich Kästner (1899).

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