Kleist, Heinrich Von
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| Birthname | Kleist, Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm | ||
| born on | 18 October 1777 at 01:00 (= 01:00 AM ) | ||
| Place | Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany, 52n20, 14e33 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m14e33 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   24°57'   13°18 Asc. 26°31'
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Biography
German poet, novelist and playwright. Born into a military family, he entered the Prussian army, 1792-1799, leaving to study mathematics and philosophy at the University of Frankfurt. He produced his first play in 1803, a tragedy. In 1807, he was arrested as a spy and imprisoned. When released, he lived in Dresden where he published a literary periodical. Too passionately nationalistic for occupied Germany, Kleist was not recognized in his time, and in his despair over his latest writing, a political newspaper, he arranged for his suicide. At the time, he had a fatal passion for Henriette Vogel and he shot her to death before turning the gun on himself, 11/21/1811, near Potsdam, Germany.
Events
- Death by Suicide 21 November 1811 (Gunshot, age 34)
- Crime : Homicide Perpetration 21 November 1811 (Shot Henriette Vogel)
- Social : Joined group 1792 (Entered the Prussian Army, seven yrs.)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1803 (Produced his first tragedy)
- Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 1807 (Imprisoned as a spy by Napoleon's troops)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1811 (Produced his noted novella, "Michael Kohlhaas")
Source Notes
Cirkels quotes Thomas Ring. Lexikon verifies as B.R.
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction (Novelist)
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (Playwright)
- Vocation : Writers : Poet
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Homicide single (Shot Henriette Vogel)
- Personal : Death : Suicide (Shot himself)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (Prussian Army, seven yrs.)
