WRITER

Novalis

1772 - 1801

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Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis (; German: [noˈvaːlɪs]), was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is regarded as an influential figure of Jena Romanticism. Novalis was born into a minor aristocratic family in Electoral Saxony. He was the second of eleven children; his early household observed a strict Pietist faith. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Novalis is the 166th most popular writer (down from 155th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Germany (down from 120th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Writer.

Novalis is most famous for his unfinished novel, Heinrich von Ofterdingen.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Novalis ranks 166 out of 7,302. Before him are Henryk Sienkiewicz, Tomas Tranströmer, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean Racine, Elias Canetti, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. After him are Heinrich Böll, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Rudyard Kipling, Pindar, and Nicolas Flamel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Novalis ranks 2. Before him is David Ricardo. After him are Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Friedrich Schlegel, Charles Fourier, William I of the Netherlands, Ram Mohan Roy, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, and Nachman of Breslov. Among people deceased in 1801, Novalis ranks 2. Before him is Paul I of Russia. After him are Domenico Cimarosa, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, Benedict Arnold, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Carl Stamitz, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Andrea Luchesi, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, and Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Novalis ranks 135 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Pope Clement II (1005), August Kekulé (1829), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), and Carl von Clausewitz (1780). After him are Heinrich Böll (1917), Max Müller (1823), Erik Erikson (1902), Henry the Fowler (876), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), and Adolf Windaus (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Novalis ranks 10. Before him are Friedrich Schiller (1759), Bertolt Brecht (1898), Thomas Mann (1875), Heinrich Heine (1797), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), and Charles Bukowski (1920). After him are Heinrich Böll (1917), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Nelly Sachs (1891), Paul Heyse (1830), and Friedrich Schlegel (1772).

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