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Franz Grillparzer

  • Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer
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Grillparzer, Franz
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Date of birth
1791-01-15
Place of birth
Wien
Date of death
1872-01-21
Place of death
Wien

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Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vienna. He also wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral, as well as the epitaph for his friend Franz Schubert.

While writing during the period of Romanticism, Grillparzer's poetic language owes far more to the period of Classicism which reigned during his formative years. Committed to the classical ideals of aesthetic beauty and morality, his plots shy away from the realism which developed during his time, preferring instead to use the theater to address spiritual values, which in the words of the dying queen of his Libussa, would only come after the period of Materialism had passed. Due to the identity-creating use of his works, especially after World War II, he was named as the national poet of Austria.

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Austrian dramatist.

Last modified: 2023-10-21 (revision #156633)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Weh' dem, der lügt! Lustspiel in fünf Aufzügen (Hamburger Lesehefte)Paperback3-87291-083-3?
Weh' dem, der lügt! Lustspiel in fünf Aufzügen (Jaeger'sche Sammlung)Paperback??
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grillparzerfranz
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12345937
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Q154438

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