Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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dramatist human naturalist novelist philosopher playwright poet polymath statesman writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a towering German writer, poet, and polymath of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for works like "Faust" and for shaping European Romanticism and modern literature.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe canonical 115
Goethe 7
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as central figure of German literature 1

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instanceOf dramatist ⓘ
human ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
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philosopher ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
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polymath ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Legion of Honour

Order of the White Falcon ⓘ
burialPlace Fürstengruft, Weimar ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
child August von Goethe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1749-08-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1832-03-22 ⓘ
describedBySource Deutsche Biographie ⓘ
Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
educatedAt University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Strasbourg ⓘ
employer Weimar court ⓘ
surface form: Ducal Court of Saxe-Weimar
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Johann Wolfgang von Goethe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Goethe
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
literature ⓘ
natural science ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
novel ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
givenName Johann ⓘ
Wolfgang ⓘ
hasPart Faust, Part One ⓘ
Faust, Part Two ⓘ
influenced Romanticism ⓘ
surface form: European Romanticism

Franz Kafka ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
Herman Hesse ⓘ
surface form: Hermann Hesse

Thomas Mann ⓘ
influencedBy Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Herder ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
Sturm und Drang ⓘ
Weimar Classicism ⓘ
name Johann Wolfgang von Goethe self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableIdea Goethean science ⓘ
theory of colours ⓘ
notableWork Egmont ⓘ
Elective Affinities ⓘ
Faust legend ⓘ
surface form: Faust

Faust, Part One ⓘ
Faust, Part Two ⓘ
Iphigenia in Tauris ⓘ
Italian Journey ⓘ
The Sorrows of Young Werther ⓘ
Theory of Colours ⓘ
Torquato Tasso ⓘ
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
placeOfDeath Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the Weimar Court Theatre ⓘ
Privy Councillor of Weimar ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Frankfurt am Main ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
signature Goethe signature image file ⓘ
spouse Christianne Vulpius ⓘ
studied law ⓘ
workLocation Jena ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ

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Johann Gottfried Herder → influenced → Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau → influenced → Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
Denis Diderot → influenced → Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
University of Leipzig → notableAlumnus → Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
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