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Georg Büchner
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German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose (1813–1837)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georg
- Family name
- Büchner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Sibling
- Luise Büchner
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- University of Giessen
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Danton's Death
- Image
- Georg Büchner.png
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- Commons category
- Georg Büchner
- date of birth
- 1813-10-17
- date of death
- 1837-02-19
- cause of death
- typhus
- topic's main category
- Category:Georg Büchner
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Georg Büchner
- Commons Creator page
- Georg Büchner
- writing language
- German
- start of work period
- 1834-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- place of burial
- Zurich
- P12674
- Chidester
- archives at
- Goethe and Schiller Archives
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Works in European collections
14 objects attributed to Georg Büchner, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though limited by his death at age 23, are generally held in great esteem in Germany. Despite his brief career, his plays profoundly influenced naturalism, expressionism, and later developments in European theater.
At the age of 21, Büchner, with others, wrote a pamphlet entitled The Hessian Courier that has been called the most revolutionary manifesto of the nineteenth century before The Communist Manifesto.
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