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Friedrich Schiller

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  • Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
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Schiller, Friedrich
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Date of birth
1759-11-10
Place of birth
Marbach am Neckar
Date of death
1805-05-09
Place of death
Weimar

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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fɔn ˈʃɪlɐ], short: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʃɪlɐ] ; 10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was a German polymath and poet, playwright, historian, philosopher, physician, lawyer. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright.

He was born in Marbach to a devoutly Protestant family. Initially intended for the priesthood, in 1773 he entered a military academy in Stuttgart and ended up studying medicine. His first play, The Robbers, was written at this time and proved very successful. After a brief stint as a regimental doctor, he left Stuttgart and eventually wound up in Weimar. In 1789, he became professor of History and Philosophy at Jena, where he wrote historical works.

During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works that he had left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. Together they founded the Weimar Theater.

They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents of their philosophical vision.

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German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright.

Last modified: 2020-08-11 (revision #20249)

Editions

NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre und andere ErzählungenPaperback3-15-008891-71994
Zu Schillers Gedächtnis: Schillerbuch der Deutschen Dichter-Gedächtnis-StiftungHardcover?1912
Die Räuber: Ein Schauspiel (Reclam, yellow cover with lion, 176 pages)Paperback978-3-15-000015-12003
Die Räuber: Ein SchauspielPaperback3-423-02601-41997-04
Die Räuber: Ein Schauspiel (Reclam, yellow cover with lion, 143 pages)Paperback3-15-000015-71986
Wilhelm Tell: Schauspiel in fünf AufzügenPaperback?1965
Die Gedichte (Friedrich Schiller, insel tb 2547)Paperback3-458-34247-81999
Die Räuber: Ein Schauspiel in fünf AktenPaperback??
Die Braut von Messina oder die feindlichen Brüder: Ein Trauerspiel mit ChörenPaperback?1956
Schiller's Gedichte (Reclam Leipzig hc)Hardcover?1903
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Q22670

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