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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
writer
- Born:
- 1729-01-22, Kamenz, Upper Lusatia, Holy Roman Empire [now Saxony, Germany]
- Died:
- 1781-02-15, Brunswick, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire [now Lower Saxony, Germany]
- Professions:
- writer
Biography
Son of a vicar. Studied theology, philosophy and medicine. First writings 1747 (poems, stories and first dramas). Moved to Berlin 1748 to live as a critic for the Berlinische Privelegierte Zeitung. Writer of famous plays including Nathan, der Weise (1779) and Minna von Barnhelm (1767).
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