Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger
Friedrich von Klinger | |
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Klinger, 1807 etching | |
| Born | Friedrich Maximilian Klinger 17 February 1752 Free Imperial City of Frankfurt |
| Died | 9 March 1831 (aged 79) Dorpat, Russian Empire |
| Occupation | Dramatist, novelist, military officer |
| Language | German |
| Education | University of Gießen |
| Literary movement | Sturm und Drang |
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| Spouse | Elisabeth Alexajef (m. 1788) |
Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (17 February 1752 – 9 March 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist. His play Sturm und Drang (1776) gave its name to the Sturm und Drang artistic epoch. He was a childhood friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and is often closely associated with Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. Klinger worked as a playwright for the Seylersche Schauspiel-Gesellschaft for two years, but eventually left the Kingdom of Prussia to become a General in the Imperial Russian Army.