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Buchner, Georg, BUK nuhr, gay OHRK (1813-1837), a German writer, is considered a forerunner of the Naturalism movement of the late 1800's. His dramas Danton's Death (written in 1835) and Woyzeck (written from 1835 to 1837) are distinguished by starkly realistic language. They are filled with disillusionment about Buchner's own time and pessimism about the world in general. According to Buchner, people cannot shape their fate. They are victims of uncontrollable forces and thus entirely… More »
Boll, buhl or buhrl, Heinrich (1917-1985), a German author, won the 1972 Nobel Prize in... More >>
Brecht, Bertolt, brehkt, BEHR tawlt, also spelled Bertold (1898-1956), was an important German... More >>
Buchner, Georg, BUK nuhr, gay OHRK (1813-1837), a German writer, is considered a forerunner of... More >>
Durrenmatt, Friedrich, DOO ruhn maht, FREE drihsh (1921-1990), was a Swiss dramatist and... More >>
Fontane, Theodor (1819-1898), a German author, became known for his realistic and critical novels... More >>
Frisch, Max (1911-1991), a Swiss author, became one of the leading writers in the German-speaking... More >>
George, Stefan, gay OHR guh, SHTEH fahn (1868-1933), was a major German representative of the... More >>
German literature is the literature of the German-speaking peoples of central Europe. It includes... More >>
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, GUR tuh, YOH hahn VOHLF gahng fuhn (1749-1832), was a German poet,... More >>
Gottfried von Strassburg (1170?-1220?) was a medieval German poet. His unfinished poem Tristan... More >>
Grass, Gunter, grahs, GUN tuhr (1927-...), is a German novelist, poet, playwright, artist, and... More >>
Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoffel von
Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoffel von (1622?-1676), was a German author. His novel... More >>
Hartmann von Aue (1170?-1210?) was a German poet. He introduced the legends of King Arthur into... More >>
Hauptmann, Gerhart, HOWPT mahn, GAYR hahrt (1862-1946), a German dramatist, won the Nobel Prize... More >>
Hebbel, Friedrich (1813-1863), was a German playwright. His early life of poverty gave him the... More >>
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