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Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

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Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb
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Person
Gender
Male
Date of birth
1724-07-02
Place of birth
Quedlinburg
Date of death
1803-03-14
Place of death
Hamburg

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Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (German: [ˈklɔpʃtɔk]; 2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803) was a German poet. His best known works are the epic poem Der Messias ("The Messiah") and the poem Die Auferstehung ("The Resurrection"), with the latter set to music in the finale of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2. One of his major contributions to German literature was to open it up to exploration outside of French models.

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German poet.

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