Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic (died 1856)

Heinrich Heine

German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)

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 Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Today Heine is best remembered for…