Heinrich Heine

Born

December 13, 1797

Died

February 17, 1856 (aged 58)

Known as

poet, writer, journalist, literary critic, poet lawyer, essayist

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder by composers such as Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert.

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