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Heinrich von Kleist (born October 18, 1777, Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg [now in Germany ]—died November 21, 1811, Wannsee, near Berlin) German dramatist, among the greatest of the 19th century. Poets of the Realist, Expressionist, Nationalist, and Existentialist movements in France and Germany saw their prototype in Kleist, a poet ...

Frankfurter Geschichten: Der rastlose Heinrich. Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (* 10. [nach eigener Angabe] [1] oder 18. Oktober 1777 [laut Kirchenbuch] in Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Preußen; † 21. November 1811 am Stolper Loch, heute Kleiner Wannsee) war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist .

Heinrich von Kleist, (born Oct. 18, 1777, Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg—died Nov. 21, 1811, Wannsee, near Berlin), German writer. He served seven years in the Prussian army, and his work first attracted attention when he was in prison accused as a spy.

The Broken Jug (German: Der zerbrochne Krug, pronounced [deːɐ̯ t͡sɛɐ̯.ˈbʁɔx.nə kʁuːk] ⓘ, also sometimes translated The Broken Pitcher) is a comedy written by the German playwright Heinrich von Kleist.

The hero and heroine of the story both survive, are married, and seem set to live happily ever after while the villain is punished by a particularly unpleasant death. Truth and justice may seem in danger for a while, but perhaps the suspense only makes their eventual triumph the more satisfying.

Heinrich von Kleist. The plays and stories of the German author Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) show a preoccupation with intense feelings and the problems these feelings may cause. Heinrich von Kleist was born in Frankfurt an der Oder on October 18, 1777. In compliance with family tradition he entered the Prussian army at the age of 15.

Summary. In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas / corpora. —Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 1, lines 1–2. [My spirit compels me to tell of forms changed into new bodies] SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH, in a letter of August 1811, Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811) wrote to his cousin Marie von Kleist (1761–1831) of his struggle to delineate ...

1777 Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was born in Frankfurt an der Oder on 18th October (according to an entry in the garrison church register; he himself always gave his date of birth as 10th October). He was the oldest son of staff sergeant, later major Joachim Friedrich von Kleist and his second wife Juliane Ulrike, nee von Pannwitz.