Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German Writer(1729-1781)

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• Name: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
• Birth: January 22, 1729, Kamenz, Germany
• Death: February 15, 1781, Braunschweig, Germany
• Language: German
• Who he was: German writer, philosopher, dramatist, and art critic who wrote Laocoön and Nathan the Wise
• Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom

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