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Christoph Martin Wieland (German poet and writer)

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Wieland, Christoph Martin
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Date of birth
1733-09-05
Place of birth
Biberach an der Riss
Date of death
1813-01-20
Place of death
Weimar

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Christoph Martin Wieland (German: [ˈviːlant]; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer, representative of literary Rococo. He is best-remembered for having written the first Bildungsroman (Geschichte des Agathon), as well as the epic Oberon, which formed the basis for both Friederike Sophie Seyler's opera of the same name and Carl Maria von Weber's opera of the same name. His thought was representative of the cosmopolitanism of the German Enlightenment, exemplified in his remark: "Only a true cosmopolitan can be a good citizen." He was a key figure of Weimar Classicism and a collaborator of Abel Seyler's theatre company.

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Born in Oberholzheim near Biberach an der Riß.

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wielandchristophm
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9856912
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Q154010

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