German authors: Friedrich Schiller

“Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was a German poet, playwright, historian, philosopher, and physician. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany’s most important classical playwright.” (Quote Wikipedia) So I’ve searched the internet to see if I could find some information about Schiller in German for you … Read more

German authors: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. He is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German … Read more

German writers: Theodor Storm

Theodor Storm (full name Hans Theodor Wolsen Storm was born on 14 September 1817 in Husum, Germany, close to the Danish border. He died on 4 July 1888. He studied law but then became one of the most important authors of 19th-century German Literary realism. At school in Germany we had to read some of … Read more

German writers: Joachim Ringelnatz

The author and painter Joachim Ringelnatz was born on the 7th August 1883 in Wurzen in Saxony. His real name was Hans Bötticher but in 1919 he changed it to Ringelnatz to be used as his pen name for his publications.  People were speculation if Ringelnatz was a wordplay of animal names, like Ringelnatter (grass snake) … Read more

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