Christian Dietrich Grabbe

Christian Dietrich Grabbe (11 December 1801 12 September 1836) was a German dramatist of the Vormärz era. He wrote many historical plays conceiving a disillusioned and pessimistic world view, with some shrill scenes. Heinrich Heine saw him as one of Germany's foremost dramatists, calling him "a drunken Shakespeare" and Sigmund Freud described Grabbe as "an original and rather peculiar poet."

Christian Dietrich Grabbe
Lithograph, 1836
Born11 December 1801
Detmold, Principality of Lippe
Died12 September 1836
Detmold
OccupationPlaywright
NationalityGerman
Notable worksScherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere Bedeutung, Don Juan und Faust, Die Hohenstauffen, Die Hermannsschlacht
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