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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)

Author of The Sorrows of Young Werther

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Please be careful when combining Goethe's autobiographical works - the various editions of "From My Life: Poetry and Truth" (Aus Meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit) contain differing portions of the complete work. Vol. 5 in the Princeton Edition containing Part 4 is a DIFFERENT work from vol. 4 containing Parts 1-3, the latter being similar to most other editions which are allegedly complete but contain only those first three Parts.

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Date of birth
1749-08-28
Date of death
1832-03-22
Burial location
Fürstengruft, Weimar, Germany
Gender
male
Nationality
Germany
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Birthplace
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Place of death
Weimar, Germany
Places of residence
Frankfurt am Main, Germany (birth)
Leipzig, Germany
Strasbourg, France
Wetzlar, Germany
Weimar, Germany (death)
Education
University of Leipzig (law)
Occupations
writer
author
playwright
privy councillor (to the Duke of Weimar)
botanist
Relationships
Schiller, Friedrich (friend)
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Please be careful when combining Goethe's autobiographical works - the various editions of "From My Life: Poetry and Truth" (Aus Meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit) contain differing portions of the complete work. Vol. 5 in the Princeton Edition containing Part 4 is a DIFFERENT work from vol. 4 containing Parts 1-3, the latter being similar to most other editions which are allegedly complete but contain only those first three Parts.

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