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Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
1724 – 1803 · aged 79
German poet, writer and linguist
- Born
- 2 Jul 1724 · Quedlinburg
- Died
- 14 Mar 1803 · Hamburg
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- 2 Jul 1724BornBorn in Quedlinburg
- 14 Mar 1803DiedDied in Hamburg
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (German: [ˈklɔpʃtɔk]; 2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803) was a German poet. His best known works are the epic poem Der Messias ("The Messiah") and the poem Die Auferstehung ("The Resurrection"), with the latter set to music in the finale of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2. One of his major contributions to German literature was to open it up to exploration outside of French models.
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