Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

August 27, 1749 — 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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Faust

1926

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Faust

2011

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Wrong Move

1975

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Faust

1994

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The Tale of the Fox

1941

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Faust

1960

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Faust and Mephistopheles

1903

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Elective Affinities

1996