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.

Aliases (1)

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Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dramatist → human → naturalist → novelist → philosopher → playwright → poet → polymath → statesman → writer →
awardReceived	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 NERFINISHED → University of Strasbourg →
employer	Ducal Court of Saxe-Weimar →
ethnicGroup	German →
familyName	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	European Romanticism → Franz Kafka → Friedrich Nietzsche → Friedrich Schiller → 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 →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableIdea	Goethean science → theory of colours →
notableWork	Egmont → Elective Affinities → 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 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 →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Denis Diderot → Gotthold Ephraim Lessing → Hafez ("Goethe") → Jean-Jacques Rousseau → Johann Gottfried Herder → Johann Gottfried Herder → Saadi ("Goethe") → Spinozism →	influenced
Carl Jung → Ernst Haeckel → Friedrich Schiller → George Henry Lewes → Heinrich Heine → Ralph Waldo Emerson → Thomas Carlyle →	influencedBy
Cotta (first German editions) → Romanticism →	associatedWith
Jena → Leipzig →	associatedWithPerson
Philhellenes → Philhellenes ("Goethe") →	hasNotableMember
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach →	associatedPerson
Friedrich Schiller →	collaboratedWith
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ("Goethe") →	familyName
University of Jena →	hasNotableAlumnus
Sturm und Drang →	hasNotableAuthor
Städel Museum →	hasWorkBy
Allama Muhammad Iqbal ("Goethe") →	inspiredBy
Romantic Lied →	majorPoetSource
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe →	name
Goethe-Institut →	namedAfter
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra →	nameInspiredBy
University of Leipzig →	notableAlumnus
Battle of Valmy →	quoteAttributedTo
Representative Men →	subject
Boris Pasternak →	translatedWork
George Henry Lewes →	wroteAbout