Heinrich von Kleist

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born

October 18, 1777 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany

died

November 21, 1811

gender

male

website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_von_Kleist

genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry

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The dramatist, writer, lyricist, and publicist Heinrich von Kleist was born in Frankfurt an der Oder in 1777. Upon his father's early death in 1788 when he was ten, he was sent to the house of the preacher S. Cartel and attended the French Gymnasium. In 1792, Kleist entered the guard regiment in Potsdam and took part in the Rhein campaign against France in 1796. Kleist voluntarily resigned from army service in 1799 and until 1800 studied philosophy, physics, mathematics, and political science at Viadrina University in Frankfurt an der Oder. He went to Berlin early in the year 1800 and penned his drama "Die Familie Ghonorez". Kleist, who tended to irrationalism and was often tormented by a longing for death, then lit out restlessly through G...more

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Average rating: 3.59 · 2,010 ratings · 139 reviews · 89 distinct works

	The Marquise of O and Other Stories by Heinrich von Kleist, David Luke (Translator), Nigel Reeves (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 456 ratings — published 1808 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist, Martin H. Greenberg (Translator ) 3.40 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1810 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Der zerbrochne Krug 3.42 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1806 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Die Marquise von O... / Das Erdbeben in Chili 3.57 avg rating — 180 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Penthesilea: A Tragic Drama by Heinrich von Kleist, Maurice Sendak (Photographer), Joel Agee (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1808 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Marquise of O by Heinrich von Kleist, Richard Stokes (Translator), Andrew Miller (Foreword by) 3.39 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1808 — 28 editions	My rating:
	The Prince of Homburg 2.94 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1810 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Das Erdbeben in Chili / Die Verlobung in St. Domingo 3.11 avg rating — 37 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Das Käthchen von Heilbronn 3.50 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1810 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Amphitryon 3.32 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1807 — 8 editions	My rating:

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“But paradise is locked and bolted...
We must make a journey around the world
to see if a doorhas perhaps been left open.”
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“But paradise is locked and bolted....
We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open.”
― Heinrich von Kleist, On A Theatre Of Marionettes

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