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Heinrich von Kleist
German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 18 October 1777
- Died
- 21 November 1811
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt (Oder)
- Place of death
- Kleiner Wannsee
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- von Kleist
- Occupation
- playwright, poet, short story writer, novelist, writer, poet lawyer, opinion journalist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia, Germany
- archives at
- Berlin State Library
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Outstanding personalities in Dresden and their flats, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dresdner Hefte
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- University of Frankfurt an der Oder
- floruit
- 1805
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- manner of death
- suicide
- name in native language
- Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist
- notable work
- The Broken Jug, The Marquise of O, Penthesilea, About the Puppet Theatre
- place of burial
- Wannsee
- place of detention
- Fort de Joux
- relative
- Margarethe von Brasch
- student of
- Christian Ernst Martini
- topic's main category
- Category:Heinrich von Kleist
- unmarried partner
- Wilhelmine von Zenge
- writing language
- German
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