Heinrich Heine: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Harry Heine • Christian Johann Heinrich Heine
Born	December 13, 1797 • Düsseldorf • Germany
Died	February 17, 1856 (aged 58) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“Atta Troll, a Midsummer Night’s Dream” • “French Affairs” • “Germany, a Winter’s Tale” • “Ideen. Das Buch Le Grand” • “Lutezia” • “New Poems” • “Pictures of Travel” • “Poems 1853 and 1854” • “Romanzero” • “The Book of Songs” • “The Harz Journey” • “The Romantic School” • “Zur Geschichte der Religion und Philosophie in Deutschland”
Movement / Style	Young Germany