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]
Also known As
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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.
1926
as Theatre Play
1975
as Novel
1994
as Theatre Play
1941
as Original Story
1960
as Writer
1915
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2006
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2003
as Poem
2020
as Story
1909
as Theatre Play
1903
as Theatre Play
1983
as Novel
2001
as Author
1976
as Novel
1970
as Original Story
1999
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2004
as Original Story
1910
as Story
1955
as Theatre Play
1999
as Writer
2011
as Original Story
1898
as Writer
1989
as Original Story
2011
as Theatre Play
1982
as Theatre Play
1955
as Story
1979
1989
as Writer
1975
as Novel
1996
as Novel
2008
as Novel
1931
as Novel
1990
as Novel
2010
as Novel
2001
as Author
2024
as Original Story
1957
as Theatre Play
2016
as Writer
1985
as Novel
1968
as Novel
1986
as Novel
1974
as Novel
1976
as Novel
1969
as Writer
1931
as Story
2005
as Writer
2016
as Writer
2019
as Book
1925
as Theatre Play
1993
as Writer
2014
as Original Story
1978
as Author
2008
as Original Story
1922
as Novel
1943
as Original Story
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as Theatre Play
2018
as Writer
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as Poem
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as Writer
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