Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger

Friedrich von Klinger
Friedrich von Klinger
	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
Notable awards	Praeses of the Academy of Knights; Curator of the Universität Dorpat;
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.

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