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Friedrich Schiller, 1794
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A monument of Schiller (right) and Goethe in Weimar.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 in Marbach, Württemberg – May 9, 1805 in Weimar), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist.

Plays

  • Die Räuber (The Robbers) (1781)
  • Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) (1784)
  • Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos) (1787)
  • Wallenstein (1800)
  • Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans) (1801)
  • Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart) (1801)
  • Turandot (1802)
  • Die Braut von Messina (1803)
  • Wilhelm Tell (William Tell) (1804)
  • Demetrius (unfinished at his death)

Poems

  • An die Freude or Ode to Joy (1785) which became the basis for the fourth movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony
  • The Artists
  • The Cranes of Ibykus
  • The Bell
  • Columbus
  • Hope
  • Pegasus in Harness
  • The Glove
  • Nänie which Brahms set to music

Images for kids

  • Gerhard von Kügelgen 001

    Portrait of Friedrich Schiller by Gerhard von Kügelgen

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    Lithograph portrait from 1905, captioned "Friedrich von Schiller" in recognition of his 1802 ennoblement

  • Stuttgart-schillerplatz-2

    Germany's oldest Schiller memorial (1839) on Schillerplatz, Stuttgart

  • Photograph of a large bronze statue of two men standing hand-in-hand, side-by-side and facing forward. The statue is on a stone pedestal, which has a plaque that reads "Dem Dichterpaar/Goethe und Schiller/das Vaterland".

    Goethe–Schiller Monument (1857), Weimar

  • Ferdinand Carl Christian Jagemann Schiller auf dem Totenbette 1805

    Schiller on his deathbed – drawing by the portraitist Ferdinand Jagemann, 1805

  • Fr. Zone 1945 12 Friedrich Schiller

    German stamp depicting Schiller

  • Schiller monument, Vienna

    Monument on Schillerplatz in Vienna

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