German Literature

1. Bettina von Arnim was the sister of Clemens Brentano, wife of Achim von Arnim, and friend and correspondent of Goethe.

2. Chamisso was born in France. During the French revolution, his family escaped from France and settled in Berlin. Chamisso, eventually, abandoned his native French for German.

3. Günter Grass was born in Danzig, now Gdansk, Poland. Danzig provides the setting for his trilogy The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse and Dog Years.

4. Else Lasker-Schüler emigrated to Switzerland in 1933 after Nazis came to power in Germany. In 1940 she resettled in Jerusalem in Palestine. She died in Jerusalem.

5. Heinrich Mann was the elder brother of Thomas Mann.

6.Rilke was borne in Prague (then in Austria-Hungary) and died in Valmont, Switzerland. He studied in a German High School and then he studied German literature, art and history at Prague's Charles University. In 1896, he went to Munich. Throughout his life, he travelled extensively in Europe.

7. Toller immigrated to United States in 1933, immediately before Hitler's accession. He died in New York City.

8. The New Trial is the stage adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial.

German Literature
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Achim von Arnim (1781 - 1831)
	Isabella of Egypt	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Meluck Maria Blainville	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Three Loving Sisters and the Lucky Dyer	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Angelika the Geno	read the reviews	#	write a review
Bettina von Arnim 1 (1785 - 1859)
	The Life of High Countess Gritta Von Ratsinourhouse	read the reviews	#	write a review
Gottfried Benn (1886 - 1956)
	Primal Vision	read the reviews	#	write a review
Heinrich Böll (1917 - 1985) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1972
	The Unguarded House	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Clown	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Safety Net	read the reviews	#	write a review
	And Where Were You, Adam?	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Casualty	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Bread of Those Early Years	read the reviews	#	write a review
	End of a Mission	read the reviews	#	write a review
Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)
	Galileo	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Three-Penny Opera	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Good Person of Szechwan	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Mother Courage and Her Children	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Caucasian Chalk Circle	read the reviews	#	write a review
Clemens Brentano (1778 - 1842)
	The Legend of Rosepetal	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Story of the Just Casper and Fair Annie	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Ponce de Leon	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Godwi	read the reviews	#	write a review
Georg Büchner (1813 - 1837)
	Danton's Death	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Leonce & Lena	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Woyzeck	read the reviews	#	write a review
Adelbert von Chamisso 2 (1781 - 1838)
	The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl / The Man Who Sold His Shadow	read the reviews	#	write a review
Tankred Drost (1925 - )
	Three Plays by Tankred Drost	read the reviews	#	write a review
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1848)
	The Jew's Beech (Die Judenbuche, Erzahlungen)	read the reviews	#	write a review
Joseph von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
	Castle Dürande	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Robert und Guiscard	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Premonition and Present	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Novellas of a Marble Statue	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing	read the reviews	#	write a review
Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846 - 1926) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1908
	Individual and Society	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Socialism: An Analysis	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Meaning and Value of Life	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Can We Still Be Christians	read the reviews	#	write a review
Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898)
	Effi Briest	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Cecile	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Woman Taken in Adultery	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Poggenpuhl Family	read the reviews	#	write a review
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
	The Sorrows of Young Werther	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Faust	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Elective Affinities	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Kindred by Choice	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Wilhelm Meister: The Years of Apprenticeship	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Götz von Berlichingen	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Iphigenia in Tauris	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Egmont	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Tarquato Tasso	read the reviews	#	write a review
Günter Grass 3 (1927) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1999
	The Tin Drum	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Cat and Mouse	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Dog Years	read the reviews	#	write a review
	My Century	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Too Far Afield	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Rat	read the reviews	#	write a review
Brothers Grimm / Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785 - 1863), Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786 - 1859)
	The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm	read the reviews	#	write a review
Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow (1811 - 1878)
	Wally the Skeptic	read the reviews	#	write a review
Max Halbe (1865 - 1944)
	Adolescence	read the reviews	#	write a review
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1912
	Before Daybreak / Before Dawn	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Weavers	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Beaver Coat	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Hannele / The Assumption of Hannele	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Fool in Christ	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Heretic of Soana	read the reviews	#	write a review
Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
	Romanzero	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Heinrich Heine: Poetry and Prose	read the reviews	#	write a review
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1946
	Peter Camenzind	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Steppenwolf	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Magister Ludi	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Siddhartha	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Narcissus and Goldmund	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Journey to the East	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Gertrude	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Rosshalde	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Glass Bead Game	read the reviews	#	write a review
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (1830 - 1914) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1910
	L'arrabbiata	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Children of the World	read the reviews	#	write a review
Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)
	Hyperion	read the reviews	#	write a review
Uwe Johnson (1934 - 1984)
	Speculations About Jacob	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Anniversaries: From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl	read the reviews	#	write a review
Ernst Jünger (1895 - 1998)
	On the Marble Cliffs	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Glass Bees	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Aladdin's Problem	read the reviews	#	write a review
Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945)
	Plays	read the reviews	#	write a review
Erich Kästner (1899 - 1974)
	Emil and the Detectives	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Emil and the Three Twins	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Der Kleine Grenzverkehr	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Little Man / Der Kleine Mann	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Lisa and Lottie	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Selected Poetry of Erich Kästner	read the reviews	#	write a review
Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)
	People of Seldwyla	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Seven Legends	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Martin Salander	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Green Henry	read the reviews	#	write a review
Heinrich von Kleist (1777 -1811)
	The Marquise of O.	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Penthesilea	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Prince of Homburg	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Broken Jug	read the reviews	#	write a review
Else Lasker-Schüler 4 (1869 - 1945)
	Star in My Forehead	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Concert	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Selected Poems	read the reviews	#	write a review
Heinrich Mann 5 (1871 - 1950)
	Small Town Tyrant (Professor Unrat)	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Blue Angel	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Loyal Subject	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Patrioteer	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Man of Straw	read the reviews	#	write a review
Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1929
	The Magic Mountain	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Buddenbrooks	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Doctor Faustus	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Tonio Kröger	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Tristan	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Death in Venice	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Confessions of Felix Krull / Confidence Man	read the reviews	#	write a review
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (1817 - 1903) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1902
	The History of Rome	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Rise and Fall of Weimar Democracy	read the reviews	#	write a review
Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)
	Gallows Songs	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Alle Galgenlieder	read the reviews	#	write a review
Eduard Friedrich Mörike (1804 - 1875)
	Mozart's Journey to Prague	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Maler Nolten	read the reviews	#	write a review
Karl Philipp Moritz (1757 - 1793)
	Andreas Hartknopf	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Anton Reiser	read the reviews	#	write a review
Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)
	The Winter Journey	read the reviews	#	write a review
Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg) (1772 - 1801)
	Henry von Ofterdingen	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Hymns to the Night	read the reviews	#	write a review
Erich Maria Remarque (1898 - 1970)
	All Quiet on the Western Front	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Three Comrades	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Road Back	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Night in Lisbon	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Shadows in Paradise	read the reviews	#	write a review
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (Jean Paul) (1763 - 1825)
	The Greenland Lawsuits	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Selection from the Devil's Papers	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Invisible Lodge	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Hesperus	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Flower, Fruit and Thorn Pieces (Siebenkäs)	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Life of Quintus Fixlein	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Titan	read the reviews	#	write a review
Rainer Maria Rilke 6 (1875 - 1926)
	Letters to a Young Poet	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Duino Elegies	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Sonnets to Orpheus	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Book of Hours	read the reviews	#	write a review
Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1966
	O the Chimneys	read the reviews	#	write a review
Friedrich Schiller (1759 - 1805)
	The Robbers	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Fiesco / The Genoese Conspiracy	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Cabal and Love / Intrigue and Love	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Don Carlos	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Wallenstein (trilogy)	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Maria Stuart / Mary Stuart	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Maid of Orleans	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Bride of Messina	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Wilhelm Tell	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Passion and Politics	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Joan of Arc	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Child Murderess	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Ghost-seer	read the reviews	#	write a review
Arno Schmidt (1914 - 1979)
	Nobodaddy's Children	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Collected Stories of Arno Schmidt	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Stony Heart	read the reviews	#	write a review
	B / Moondocks	read the reviews	#	write a review
Adalbert Stifter (1805 - 1868)
	Witiko	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Indian Summer	read the reviews	#	write a review
Hermann Sudermann (1857 - 1928)
	Honour / What Money Cannot Buy	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Home (Heimat) / Magda	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Indian Lily	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Iolanthe's Wedding	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Regina	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Frau Sorge / Dame Care	read the reviews	#	write a review
	The Song of Songs	read the reviews	#	write a review
Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)
	The Story of Mr. William Lovell	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Novellas by Ludwig Tieck and E.T.A. Hoffmann	read the reviews	#	write a review
Ernst Toller 7 (1893 - 1939)
	The Machine Wreckers	read the reviews	#	write a review
	7 Plays	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Man and the Masses	read the reviews	#	write a review
Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773 - 1798)
	Outpourings of an Art-loving Friar	read the reviews	#	write a review
Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918)
	Earth Spirit	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Pandora's Box	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Spring's Awakening	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Tragedy of Childhood	read the reviews	#	write a review
Peter Weiss (1916 - 1982)
	The New Trial 8	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Marat / Sade	read the reviews	#	write a review
Christa Wolf (1929 - )
	The Quest for Christa T.	read the reviews	#	write a review
	Accident: A Day's News	read the reviews	#	write a review

German Literature

Achim von Arnim (1781 - 1831)

Bettina von Arnim 1 (1785 - 1859)

Gottfried Benn (1886 - 1956)

Heinrich Böll (1917 - 1985) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1972

Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Clemens Brentano (1778 - 1842)

Georg Büchner (1813 - 1837)

Adelbert von Chamisso 2 (1781 - 1838)

Tankred Drost (1925 - )

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1848)

Joseph von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846 - 1926) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1908

Theodor Fontane (1819 - 1898)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Günter Grass 3 (1927) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1999

Brothers Grimm / Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785 - 1863), Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786 - 1859)

Karl Ferdinand Gutzkow (1811 - 1878)

Max Halbe (1865 - 1944)

Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (1862 - 1946) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1912

Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1946

Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (1830 - 1914) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1910

Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Uwe Johnson (1934 - 1984)

Ernst Jünger (1895 - 1998)

Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945)

Erich Kästner (1899 - 1974)

Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)

Heinrich von Kleist (1777 -1811)

Else Lasker-Schüler 4 (1869 - 1945)

Heinrich Mann 5 (1871 - 1950)

Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1929

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (1817 - 1903) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1902

Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Eduard Friedrich Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Karl Philipp Moritz (1757 - 1793)

Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg) (1772 - 1801)

Erich Maria Remarque (1898 - 1970)

Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (Jean Paul) (1763 - 1825)

Rainer Maria Rilke 6 (1875 - 1926)

Nelly Sachs (1891 - 1970) Nobel Prize in Literature, 1966

Friedrich Schiller (1759 - 1805)

Arno Schmidt (1914 - 1979)

Adalbert Stifter (1805 - 1868)

Hermann Sudermann (1857 - 1928)

Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)

Ernst Toller 7 (1893 - 1939)

Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773 - 1798)

Frank Wedekind (1864 - 1918)

Peter Weiss (1916 - 1982)

Christa Wolf (1929 - )