Heinrich von Kleist

<small>Heinrich von Kleist, a portrait by [[Anton Graff]], {{c.|1808}}</small> Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (; 18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays ''The Prince of Homburg'', ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', ''Amphitryon'' and ''Penthesilea'', and the novellas ''Michael Kohlhaas'' and ''The Marquise of O''. Kleist ended his life in a suicide pact by shooting himself together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.

The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him, as was the Kleist Theater in his birthplace Frankfurt an der Oder. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Kanzog, Klaus
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    by Röbbeling, Friedrich, 1888-
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