Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg

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Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg: Facts & Related Content

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Born	January 3, 1737 • Tønder • Denmark
Died	November 1, 1823 (aged 86) • Altona • Germany
Notable Works	“Ariadne auf Naxos” • “Briefe über die Merkwürdigkeiten der Literatur” • “Gedicht eines Skalden” • “Ugolino”
Subjects Of Study	Sturm und Drang

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Gotthold Lessing, detail of an oil painting by Georg May, 1768; in the Gleimhaus, Halberstadt, Ger.

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Gerhart Hauptmann

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Andreas Gryphius, 17th-century engraving.

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Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.

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Heinrich von Kleist, drawing by Wilhelmina von Zenge, 1801; in the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.

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