Heinrich Leopold Wagner

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Heinrich Leopold Wagner was an 18th-century German dramatist associated with the Sturm und Drang movement, best known for his socially critical and emotionally intense plays.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German dramatist
human
playwright
writer
activeInCentury 18th century
causeOfDeath illness
contemporaryOf Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
dateOfBirth 1747-02-19
dateOfDeath 1779-03-04
educatedAt University of Strasbourg
ethnicGroup German
familyName Wagner
fieldOfWork law
literature
genre drama
tragedy
givenName Heinrich
Leopold
hasGender male
hasSubject infanticide (in Die Kindermörderin)
moral conflict
social injustice
influencedBy Sturm und Drang
surface form: Sturm und Drang aesthetics
languageOfWorkOrName German
movement German Enlightenment
surface form: German Enlightenment (literary context)

Sturm und Drang
nationality German
nativeLanguage German
notableFor emotionally intense drama
socially critical plays
notableWork Die Kindermörderin
Die Kindermörderin (1776)
The Repentance
surface form: Die Reue nach der Tat
occupation dramatist
jurist
translator
placeOfBirth Strasbourg
placeOfDeath Strasbourg
workLocation Strasbourg
writingStyle emotional intensity
social criticism

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Sturm und Drang hasNotableAuthor Heinrich Leopold Wagner