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Also Known As	Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann
Born	November 15, 1862 • Poland • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died	June 6, 1946 (aged 83) • Germany
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize
Notable Works	“Before Dawn” • “Das Friedensfest” • “Der grosse Traum” • “Die Atriden Tetralogie” • “Drayman Henschel” • “Lonely Lives” • “The Assumption of Hannele” • “The Beaver Coat” • “The Weavers”
Movement / Style	naturalism