Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Writer(1749-1832)

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by Joseph Karl Stieler

Just the Facts:

• Name: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Birth: August 28, 1749, Free City of Frankfurt
• Death: March 22, 1832, Weimar, Germany
• Language: German
• Who he was: German poet, playwright, novelist, science writer, and more, remembered especially for Faust; The Sorrows of Young Werther; Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
• Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); LRP; HC; HCF; Bloom

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