Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1749-08-27 (83 years old)

Deathday

1832-03-22

Place of Birth

Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Biography

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.

Acting

Production

1926

Faust

as Theatre Play

1975

Wrong Move

as Novel

1994

Faust

as Theatre Play

1941

The Tale of the Fox

as Original Story

1960

Faust

as Writer

1915

Mignon

as Novel

2006

Faust

as Writer

2003

2020

1909

Faust

as Theatre Play

1903

1976

Novelle

as Novel

1970

Clavigo

as Original Story

1999

Clavigo

as Original Story

2004

Faust

as Original Story

1910

Petit Faust

as Story

1955

Appointment with Satan

as Theatre Play

2011

Gounod: Faust

as Original Story

1989

Reineke Fuchs

as Original Story

2011

Faust

as Theatre Play

1982

Clavijo

as Theatre Play

1989

Mefistofele

as Writer

1975

Diary

as Novel

2008

Werther

as Novel

1931

The Erl King

as Novel

1990

Werther

as Novel

2010

2024

Werther

as Original Story

1957

Faustina

as Theatre Play

2016

Erlkönig

as Writer

1985

Faust

as Novel

1968

Werther

as Novel

1986

Tarot

as Novel

1969

Faust

as Writer

1931

2005

Werther

as Writer

2016

Mefistofele

as Writer

2019

1993

2014

1978

2008

1922

Werther

as Novel

1943

Čarodějův učeň

as Original Story

-

Faust

as Theatre Play

2018

2024

Young Werther

as Writer

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