Gerhart Hauptmann
1862 – 1946 · aged 84
German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)
- Born
- 15 Nov 1862 · Szczawno-Zdrój
- Died
- 6 Jun 1946 · Jagniątków
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- 15 Nov 1862BornBorn in Szczawno-Zdrój
- 1896AwardFranz Grillparzer Prize
- 1899AwardFranz Grillparzer Prize
- 1905AwardFranz Grillparzer Prize
- 1911AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1912AwardNobel Prize in Literature
- 1922AwardHonorary citizen of Breslau
- 1922AwardAdlerschild des Deutschen Reiches
- 1932AwardGoethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
- 6 Jun 1946DiedDied in Jagniątków
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- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
Biography
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈhaʊptman] ; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.
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