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Also Known As Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin
Born March 20, 1770 • Germany
Died June 7, 1843 (aged 73) • Tübingen • Germany
Notable Works “Antigone” • “Bread and Wine” • “Celebration of Peace” • “Der Einzige” • “Hyperion” • “Menons Klagen um Diotima” • “The Death of Empedocles”

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