Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet and author (died 1803)

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

German poet (1724–1803)

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was a German poet. His best known works are the epic poem Der Messias and the poem Die Auferstehung, with the latter set to text in the finale of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2. One of his major contributions to German literature was to open it up to…