Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet (died 1811)

Heinrich von Kleist

German Romantic writer (1777–1811)

Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael…