more photos (1)

Heinrich von Kleist’s Followers (355)

Heinrich von Kleist

Born

in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany

October 18, 1777

Died

November 21, 1811

Website

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

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry

edit data

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

Combine Editions
Heinrich von Kleist’s books

Average rating: 3.38 · 30,796 ratings · 2,157 reviews · 1,024 distinct works • Similar authors

	Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist, Martin Greenberg (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 6,415 ratings — published 1810 — 268 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der zerbrochne Krug 3.05 avg rating — 6,329 ratings — published 1811 — 197 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marquise of O— and Other Stories by Heinrich von Kleist, David Luke (Translator & Introduction), Nigel Reeves (Translator & Introduction) 3.48 avg rating — 4,663 ratings — published 1808 — 141 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Marquise von O... / Das Erdbeben in Chili by Heinrich von Kleist, Christian Wagenknecht (Afterword) 3.09 avg rating — 3,132 ratings — published 1810 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Erdbeben in Chili 3.29 avg rating — 1,785 ratings — published 1807 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penthesilea: A Tragic Drama by Heinrich von Kleist, Joel Agee 3.76 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 1808 — 93 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince of Homburg by Heinrich von Kleist, Neil Bartlett (Adapter), David Bryer (Adapter) 3.16 avg rating — 1,173 ratings — published 1821 — 157 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On a Theatre of Marionettes by Heinrich von Kleist, Gerti Wilford (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 521 ratings — published 1810 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amphitryon 3.52 avg rating — 448 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Duel (The Art of the Novella) by Heinrich von Kleist, Annie Janusch (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1810 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Heinrich von Kleist…

Quotes by Heinrich von Kleist (?)

“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

tags: inspirational, tenacity

91 likes

“the kiss and the bite are such close cousins that in the heat of love they are too readily confounded”
― Kleist Heinrich Von

tags: hatred, love

39 likes

“Misconceptions are unavoidable now that we've eaten of the Tree of Knowledge. But Paradise is locked and bolted, and the cherubim stands behind us. We have to go on and make the journey round the world to see if it is perhaps open somewhere at the back.”
― Heinrich von Kleist, On a Theatre of Marionettes

22 likes

See all Heinrich von Kleist's quotes »

Polls

December 2022 Old School Classics Poll

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E.T.A. Hoffmann, 1816, 84 pp

70 votes, 37.0%

The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato, -400, 58 pp

48 votes, 25.4%

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, 1220, 224 pp

21 votes, 11.1%

The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1864, 464 pp

20 votes, 10.6%

Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans, 1884, 242 pp

11 votes, 5.8%

McTeague by Frank Norris, 1899, 368 pp

10 votes, 5.3%

Michael Kohlhaas: Newly translated by Michael Hofmann by Heinrich von Kleist, 1810, 112 pp

9 votes, 4.8%

189 total votes

1 comment

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Next Best Boo...: December's Group Read ARE......	92	474	Dec 02, 2009 06:36PM
Challenge: 50 Books: Shibbie's 2010	37	363	Dec 12, 2010 08:39PM
r/Literature: What's everyone reading?	13	71	Jan 10, 2012 07:33PM
Reading with Style: Fall 2012 Rws Completed Tasks - Fall 2012	1067	199	Dec 02, 2012 10:09AM
Reading with Style: Spring 2013 Rws Completed Tasks - Spring 2013	920	141	May 31, 2013 09:03PM
Classics and the ...: Background and Resources	172	186	Jun 18, 2013 02:26PM
21st Century Lite...: Literary vs Genre vs Literary Genre	313	191	Jul 15, 2013 12:44PM
Mount TBR 2013 Re...: Ellinor is conquering Mount Olympus	137	59	Jan 03, 2014 08:50AM

More…