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18th October 1777 (Saturday), Frankfurt
Death:
21st November 1811 (Thursday), Kleiner Wannsee
Age at death:
34
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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist died by suicide together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.
The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him, as was the Kleist Theater in his birthplace Frankfurt an der Oder.
The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him, as was the Kleist Theater in his birthplace Frankfurt an der Oder.
No own Low German works, only translations or works about Low German.
Works authored by Heinrich von Kleist
Editions:
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🎭De Pott is twei: Kumedi in een Törn. Hermes, Hamburg [1924] -
🎭De tweismeten Kruk: Ein Lustspiel. Mahnke, Verden/Aller [1954]
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📖De tweibroken Kruk. Selbstverlag, Großenkneten [1980] -
🎭Dat Schörengericht: Lustspiel in 12 Szenen. Mahnke, Verden 1988
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🎭De bruoken Kroos: en Lustspiell. Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-8498-1004-7
