Heinrich Leopold Wagner

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Heinrich Leopold Wagner

Heinrich Leopold Wagner (born February 19, 1747 in Strasbourg , † March 4, 1779 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German writer of Sturm und Drangs .

Life

Heinrich Leopold Wagner was born on February 19, 1747 in Strasbourg as the eldest son of a businessman. After finishing school in Strasbourg, he studied law. In 1773 he went to Saarbrücken , where he worked as a court master. From there he reached Frankfurt am Main via Zweibrücken and Gießen in 1774 . In 1776 he resumed his studies in Strasbourg and completed it with his doctoral examination. From September 21, 1776 he worked as a lawyer in Frankfurt, married a widow 18 years his senior and died on March 4, 1779 at the young age of 32, presumably of pulmonary tuberculosis. Wagner was in contact with several important writers of Sturm und Drangs, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752-1831), Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792), Christoph Kaufmann (1753-1795), Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791) and Johann Friedrich Müller, known as the painter Müller , (1749–1825). Together with Klinger and Lenz, Wagner was called a Goethian by contemporaries because these three authors came from Goethe's closest personal circle of friends. However, he is considered the least significant of the Goethians . His most important work is the drama Die Kindermörderin , published in 1776 , a typical socially critical drama of Sturm und Drangs. This work was revised in 1957 by Peter Hacks .

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SURNAME Wagner, Heinrich Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer of the "Sturm und Drang"
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1747
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1779
Place of death Frankfurt am Main