Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 243 years ago |
Date of birth | January 22,1729 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Kamenz |
Germany | |
Date of died | February 15,1781 |
Died | Brunswick |
Germany | |
Spouse | Eva König |
Movies/Shows | Nathan the Wise |
Emilia Galotti | |
The Girl from Barnhelm | |
Siblings | Karl Gotthelf Lessing |
Gottlob Samuel Lessing | |
Erdmann Salomo Lessing | |
Dorothea Salome Lessing | |
Parents | Johann Gottfried Lessing |
Justine Salome Feller | |
Plays | Nathan the Wise |
Minna von Barnhelm | |
The Jews | |
Books | The Education of the Human Race |
Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry | |
Emilia Galotti | |
Hamburg Dramaturgy | |
Laocoon | |
Laocoön, an essay on the limits of painting and poetry | |
Place of burial | Magnifriedhof cemetery, Brunswick, Germany |
Influences | Aristotle |
William Shakespeare | |
Voltaire | |
Johann Joachim Winckelmann | |
Education | Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
Leipzig University | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 413406 |
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Life story
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature.