Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Christian Dietrich Grabbe

playwright

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1801

Place of Birth: Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 12-Sep-1836

Profession: judge, writer, playwright, poet lawyer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Christian Dietrich Grabbe

  • Christian Dietrich Grabbe (11 December 1801 – 12 September 1836) was a German dramatist of the Vormärz era.
  • He wrote many historical plays conceiving a disillusioned and pessimistic world view, with some shrill scenes.
  • Heinrich Heine saw him as one of Germany's foremost dramatists, calling him "a drunken Shakespeare" and Sigmund Freud described Grabbe as "an original and rather peculiar poet."

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