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Heinrich von Kleist

1777 - 1811

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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 1777 – 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich von Kleist has received more than 631,615 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 63 in 2019). Heinrich von Kleist is the 300th most popular writer (up from 435th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Germany (up from 370th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Writer.

Heinrich von Kleist is most famous for his play, "The Prince of Homburg."

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  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 300 out of 5,755. Before him are Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Margaret Mitchell, Mikhail Sholokhov, Lucan, Saadi Shirazi, and Fuzûlî. After him are Alberto Moravia, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Italo Calvino, Marguerite de Navarre, Roger Martin du Gard, and Lorenzo Valla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 5. Before him are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Hans Christian Ørsted, Alexander I of Russia, and Désirée Clary. After him are Henry Clay, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Elisa Bonaparte, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, Juliette Récamier, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Philipp Otto Runge. Among people deceased in 1811, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 1. After him are Peter Simon Pallas, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Ignacio Allende, Nevil Maskelyne, Marie-Joseph Chénier, and Christoph Friedrich Nicolai.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 261 out of 6,142. Before him are Helmut Schmidt (1918), Justus von Liebig (1803), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Carl Schmitt (1888), and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620). After him are Klaus Barbie (1913), Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808), Pope Damasus II (1000), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Wim Wenders (1945), and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 18. Before him are Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Nelly Sachs (1891), Jacob Grimm (1785), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), and Ernst Jünger (1895). After him are Paul Heyse (1830), Karl May (1842), Einhard (770), Michael Ende (1929), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), and Wilhelm Grimm (1786).

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