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Stefan George
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German poet, editor, and translator (1868–1933)
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Stefan Anton George was a German poet, writer, linguist, and translator. He was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and was associated with the Symbolism movement. His writing language was German, and he also spoke Italian, French, and German. He worked in Berlin, Munich, and Heidelberg.
George received the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt and the Goethe Medal for Art and Science. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Notable works include *Der siebente Ring*, *Der Teppich des Lebens*, *Die Lieder von Traum und Tod*, *Shakespeare sonnette*, *Die Bücher der Hirten*, *Preisgedichte der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten*, and *Zwiegespräche*.
He was born on 12 July 1868 and died on 4 December 1933 in Minusio. He is described by sources such as Nordisk familjebok and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 12 July 1868
- Died
- 4 December 1933
- Works
- 127
Top works
- Der siebente Ring
- Der Teppich des Lebens und Die Lieder von Traum und Tod, mit einem Vorspiel
- Shakespeare sonnette
- Die Bücher der Hirten und Preisgedichte der Sagen und Sänge und der hängenden Gärten
- Zwiegespräche
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1868
- Active to
- 1933
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 173
- Total plays
- 1,976
Stefan Anton George (July 12, 1868 – December 4, 1933) was a German poet, editor and translator. George was born in Bingen in Germany. He spent time in Paris, where he was among the writers and artists who attended the Tuesday soireés held by the poet Stéphane Mallarmé. He began to publish poetry in the 1890s. George founded and edited an important literary magazine called "Blätter für die Kunst". He was also at the center of an influential literary and academic circle known as the "Georgekreis
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,955x
- A consistent and accurate<i>ab initio</i>parametrization of density functional dispersion correction (DFT-D) for the 94 elements H-Pu
· 2010 · cited 56,923x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,650x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,940x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,494x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anton
- Family name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of death
- Minusio
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- German
- Movement
- Symbolism
- Image
- Stefan George 1910 Foto Jakob Hilsdorf.jpg
- Work location
- Heidelberg
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- Commons category
- Stefan George
- date of birth
- 1868-00-00
- date of death
- 1933-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Stefan George
- Commons gallery
- Stefan George
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- Stefan George
- writing language
- German
- Commons Creator page
- Stefan George
- member of
- George-Kreis
- P8168
- M6A Seiran
- start of work period
- 1883-01-01
- end of work period
- 1933-01-01
- P12749
- Morris Simmonds
- archives at
- Württembergische Landesbibliothek
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Stefan George, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
From 1921 George spent his summers in the hills on the south-western edge of Frankfurt at this house in Königstein, where he was attended by his sister, Anna.
Stefan Anton George ( German: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈʔantoːn ɡeˈ(ʔ)ɔʁɡə]; 12 July 1868 – 4 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary circle called the George-Kreis and for founding the literary magazine Blätter für die Kunst [de] ("Journal for the Arts").
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