WRITER

Heinrich von Kleist

1777 - 1811

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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (German: [ˌhaɪ̯nʁɪç fɔn ˈklaɪ̯st] ; 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 The Prince of Homburg, 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 686,720 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich von Kleist is the 298th most popular writer (up from 300th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 261st 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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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 298 out of 7,302. Before him are Pearl S. Buck, Carl Spitteler, Colette, Sayyid Qutb, Anne Brontë, and Jon Fosse. After him are Claude Simon, Lucan, Elfriede Jelinek, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Carlos Castaneda, and Pierre Beaumarchais.

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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, Elisa Bonaparte, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Juliette Récamier, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Philipp Otto Runge, and Louis Jacques Thénard. 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, Eliza Poe, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Ignacio Allende, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, and Nevil Maskelyne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich von Kleist ranks 252 out of 7,253. Before him are Ferdinand Tönnies (1855), Simone Signoret (1921), Albert Kesselring (1885), Alexandra Feodorovna (1872), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), and Friedrich Ratzel (1844). After him are Heinrich Müller (1900), Valentinian II (371), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886), and Karl Weierstrass (1815).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

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

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