Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Writing·August 27, 1749·† March 22, 1832 — 82 years old·Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, his works include plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.
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—FaustTheatre Play—GÖZTheatre Play2024Young WertherWriter2024Ode to John Keats2024WertherOriginal Story2021Linhas CruzadasTVNovel2020Goethes FaustStory2019The Last FaustBook2018Massenet: WertherWriter2016ErlkönigWriter2016MefistofeleWriter2014The Metropolitan Opera: WertherOriginal Story2013Franz Schubert: ErlkönigPoem2011Gounod: FaustOriginal Story2011FaustTheatre Play2010Massenet: WertherNovel2008Berlioz: La Damnation de FaustOriginal Story2008WertherNovel2006FaustWriter2005WertherWriter2004FaustOriginal Story2003Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried MePoem2003The ErlKingPoem2001Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust IIAuthor2001Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust IAuthor1999ClavigoOriginal Story1999The Damnation of FaustWriter1996Elective AffinitiesNovel1994FaustTheatre Play1993Devil, I'm BoredWriter1990WertherNovel1989Reineke FuchsOriginal Story1989MefistofeleWriter1986TarotNovel1985FaustNovel1985Torquato TassoTheatre Play1983Elective AffinitiesNovel1982ClavijoTheatre Play1979Le affinità elettiveTVOriginal Story1979Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen HandNovel1978Elective AffinitiesAuthor1976The Sorrows of Young WertherNovel1976NovelleNovel1975DiaryNovel1975Wrong MoveNovel1974The Elective AffinitiesNovel1972Who's Afraid of Opera?TVStory1970ClavigoOriginal Story1970Les Cent Livres des HommesTVWriter1969FaustWriter1969Torquato TassoTheatre Play1968WertherNovel1964Theatre 625TVTheatre Play1960FaustTheatre Play1957FaustinaTheatre Play1955The Sorcerer's ApprenticeStory1955Appointment with SatanTheatre Play1955FaustTheatre Play1943The Sorcerer's ApprenticeOriginal Story1941The Tale of the FoxOriginal Story1938The Novel of WertherNovel1931The ErlkönigStory1931The Erl KingNovel1926FaustTheatre Play1925Götz von Berlichingen zubenannt mit der eisernen HandTheatre Play1922WertherNovel1915MignonNovel1914Erlkönigs TöchterStory1910Petit FaustStory1909FaustTheatre Play1903Faust and MephistophelesTheatre Play1898Faust and MephistophelesWriter