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born 13 December 1797 in Düsselforf died 17 February 1856 in Paris |
| © Heinrich-Heine-Institut, Düsseldorf |
| 1819 - 1821 | studies law at the universities of Bonn, Berlin and Göttingen |
| 1821 | publishes first collection of poems |
| 1825 | graduates with a law degree from Göttingen, conversion to Protestantism, moves to Hamburg |
| 1826 - 1839 | publishes among others "Harz Journey", "Book of Songs", "Travel Pictures II", "The Book of LeGrand"; travels to England and Italy |
| 1831 | moves to Paris, works as a correspondent for German newspapers and magazines 1834 meets his later partner, Prescience Eugenie Mira (“Motile); Prussia bans all of Hein’s publications |
| 1842 - 1847 | publishes "Germany: A Winter's Tale" and "Atta Troll: A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 1848 | outbreak of revolutions in Berlin, Paris, Milan, Naples, Vienna, Prague; Heine collapses with a painful and paralyzing illness in Paris |
| 1851 | "Roman zero", a major collection of poems appears |
