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Johann von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, politician, theater director, critic and amateur German artist. His works include plays, poetry, literary and aesthetic critiques, and treatises on botany, anatomy, and color. He is considered the greatest German literary character of the modern period. Goethe moved to Weimar in November 1775 after the success of his first novel, The Sorrow of the Young Man. He was knighted in 1782 by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August. He was one of the first to join the literary movement Sturm und Drang. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe became a member of the Duke's Secret Council, joined the War and Highways Committee, oversaw the reopening of silver mines near Ilmenau, and undertook a series PAR at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the development of the Weimar Botanical Park and to the reconstruction of his ducal palace.
BornJohann Wolfgang Goethe, August 28, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
DiedMarch 22, 1832, Weimar, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Confederation
OccupationPoet, novelist, playwright, natural philosopher, diplomat, civil servant
Alma materLeipzig University, University of Strasbourg
Literary movementSturm und Drang, Weimar Classicism, Romanticism in science
Notable worksFaust, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Elective Affinities, "Prometheus", Zur Farbenlehre, Italienische Reise, West–östlicher Divan
Children5 (4 died young)
RelativesCornelia Schlosser (sister), Christian August Vulpius (brother-in-law)

About Johann von Goethe

Poet Johann von Goethe was born on August 28, 1749 in Germany (He dies at the age of 82, on March 22, 1832).

Faust is a poetic drama by a German writer linked with the Sturm und Drang literary movement. The Sorrows of Young Werther, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, and Hermann and Dorothea are among his other works.

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Johann von Goethe before becoming famous

Johann von Goethe was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1749 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He learned a variety of languages as a child, including Latin, Greek, French, Italian, English, and Hebrew. He studied law in Leipzig during the 1760s, but spent most of his time and energy penning poems and pursuing romance.

Achievement of Johann von Goethe

Faust, his masterwork, influenced artists such as Wagner, Mahler, Liszt, Schumann, and Berlioz to write symphonies, oratorios, and operas.

Johann von Goethe's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He had many children with Christiane Vulpius, his long-time mistress, and the couple married in 1806. Following Vulpius' death in 1816, Goethe fell in love with Baroness Ulrike von Levetzow (sadly, because Levetzow's mother disapproved of their relationship, the two never married).

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Psychiatrist Carl Jung, a Swiss psychotherapist, was greatly affected by Goethe's literary work.

Johann von Goethe Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Johann von Goethe updated on March 22 2023.