biography
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Kleist, (Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von
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pronunciation:
[kliyst]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1777–1811)
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| biography:
| Playwright and poet, born in Frankfurt an der Oder, E Germany. He left the army in 1799 to study, and soon devoted himself to literature. He eloquently expresses the conflict of reason and emotion, heroism and cowardice, dreaming and action. His best plays are still popular, notably Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1821) and his finest tale, Michael Kohlhaas (1810–11). He committed suicide in 1811. |
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