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Also Known As Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Born November 10, 1759 • Germany
Died May 9, 1805 (aged 45) • Weimar • Germany
Notable Works “Cabal and Love” • “Don Carlos” • “Fiesco; or, the Genoese Conspiracy” • “Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung” • “Maria Stuart” • “The Maid of Orleans” • “The Robbers” • “Wallenstein” • “William Tell”
Movement / Style Sturm und Drang

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Friedrich Schiller, painting by Anton Graff, c. 1785.
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