Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Maximilian Klinger

German dramatist and novelist

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1752

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1831

Profession: writer, military personnel, poet, playwright, novelist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (17 February 1752 – 25 February 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist.
His play Sturm und Drang (1776) gave its name to the Sturm und Drang artistic epoch.
He was a childhood friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and is often closely associated with Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz.
Klinger worked as a playwright for the Seylersche Schauspiel-Gesellschaft for two years, but eventually left the Kingdom of Prussia to become a General in the Imperial Russian Army.



Alternative names	Carl Senff
Description	German painter, university teacher and engraver
Date of birth/death	12 March 1770	14 January 1838
Location of birth/death	Kreypau	Tartu
Authority control	: Q821116 VIAF: 54926630 ISNI: 0000 0000 6677 6603 ULAN: 500064042 LCCN: nr95008580 GND: 119131994 WorldCat