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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
AuthorBooks · Second hand1749-1832
German writer, scientist and statesman, the towering figure of German-language literature and author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Birth
1749
Death
1832
First book
1773
Years writing
253
German writer, scientist and statesman, the towering figure of German-language literature and author of Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
He published The Sorrows of Young Werther in 1774, a novel that triggered a wave of copycat suicides across Europe known as the 'Werther effect'.
He served for thirty years as a senior official in the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar and ran the court theatre.
He worked on Faust for more than sixty years, from youth until shortly before his death.
He made significant contributions to colour theory (Theory of Colours) and plant morphology.
The worldwide Goethe-Institut, devoted to promoting German language and culture, is named after him.
