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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, Christian views, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright…

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Notable work
See Johann Wolfgang von Goethe bibliography
Education
Leipzig University · University of Strasbourg (Lic., 1771)
Born
Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-08-28)28 August 1749 Free City of Frankfurt
Children
5, including August
Died
22 March 1832(1832-03-22) (aged 82) Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Genres
Fiction (poetry · novel · romance · drama) · Non-fiction (treatiseaesthetic criticismautobiographyoration)

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Education · 2
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → Leipzig University, University of Strasbourg (Lic., 1771)
Literary movement · 2
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → Sturm und Drang, Weimar Classicism
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → Catharina Elisabeth Textor, Johann Caspar Goethe
Born · 1
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-08-28)28 August 1749 Free City of Frankfurt
Children · 1
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → 5, including August

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