Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(born 28.1749 in Frankfurt am Main, died 22.05.1832 in Weimar), poet, naturalist
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is considered one of the most important German poets and a universal genius. His work includes lyrical poetry, drama and epic poetry, as well as papers on literary theory and science. He also left an extensive legacy of correspondence. In 1765 Goethe started his law degree in Leipzig, and he finally graduated in Straßburg. His first poetry collection, Neue Lieder (New Songs) was published in 1769. The drama Götz von Berlichingen (1773) was one of the works that heralded the start of the Sturm und Drang epoch. A year later the epistolary novel Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sorrows of Young Werther) made Johann Wolfgang von Goethe famous beyond national boundaries. He spent many years working on his magnum opus, Faust. Der Tragödie Erster Teil (Faust: A Tragedy Part One), which was published in 1808. The second part of the drama was published in 1833. Goethe himself considered his scientific work Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours; 1810) to be more important than his poetry. Goethe became close friends with Friedlich Schiller in 1794, and they collaborated intensively. The joint work of these two key poets is often referred to as Weimar Classicism. It continued until around the time of Goethe's death in 1832.
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