Friedrich Maximilian Klinger: Biography, Facts and Career
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Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (17 February 1752 – 9 March 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist. His play Sturm und Drang (1776) gave its name to the Sturm und Drang artistic epoch. He was a childhood friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and is often closely associated with Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. Klinger worked as a playwright for the Seylersche Schauspiel-Gesellschaft for two years, but eventually left the Kingdom of Prussia to become a General in the Imperial Russian Army.
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- Full name: Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
- Born: 1752-02-17
- Nationality: Free City of Frankfurt
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q213549
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Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (17 February 1752 – 9 March 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist.
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Friedrich Maximilian Klinger was born on 1752-02-17.
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