Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine
Painting of Heine by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
Painting of Heine by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
BornHarry Heine
(1797-12-13)13 December 1797
Düsseldorf, Duchy of Berg, Holy Roman Empire
Died17 February 1856(1856-02-17) (aged 58)
Paris, Second French Empire
OccupationPoet, essayist, journalist, literary critic
NationalityGerman
Alma materBonn, Berlin, Göttingen
Literary movementRomanticism
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Mathilde Heine
(m. 1841)
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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhaɪnə] ; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) 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 (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered a member of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame.[1] He spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.

  1. ^ Amey, L.J. (1 January 1997). Censorship: Gabler, Mel, and Norma Gabler-President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. Salem Press. p. 350. ISBN 9780893564469. Ironically, Heine became famous because of censorship, particularly after he wrote a political cycle of poems entitled Germany. A Winter's Tale in 1844 that was immediately banned throughout the confederation

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