The New York Times: GUSTAV FREYTAG'S LIBRARY.; Purchased and Presented to a Public Library in Frankfort.
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Gustav Freytag
Gustav Freytag was a German novelist and playwright.
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Born 13 July 1816 · Died 30 April 1895 · Q58811
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1895· 1 entry
Died 1895-04-30.
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1872· 1 entry
Began a work with a similar patriotic purpose, Our Forefathers (Die Ahnen), a series of historical romances in which he unfolds the history of a German family from the earliest times to the middle of the 19th century
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1863· 2 entries
Freytag commented that if Poles ever get free from Russian rule in Russian Partition, then Germany should conquer them, stating "We shall make their land German" and that the Poles are facing not the German government bu
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Developed what is known as Freytag's Pyramid
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1860· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1860).
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1855· 1 entry
Of his novel, Soll und Haben (Debit and Credit), which was translated into almost all European languages
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1847· 1 entry
Moved to Berlin, and in the following year took over, in conjunction with Julian Schmidt, the editorship of Die Grenzboten, a weekly journal which, founded in 1841, now became the leading organ of German and Austrian
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1839· 1 entry
Settled in Breslau, as Privatdozent in German language and literature, but devoted his principal attention to writing for the stage, achieving considerable success with the comedy drama Die Brautfahrt, oder Kunz von d
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1838· 1 entry
Received his degree with a dissertation titled De initiis poeseos scenicae apud Germanos (Über die Anfänge der dramatischen Poesie bei den Germanen, English: On the Beginnings of Dramatic Poetry among the Germans)
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1816· 1 entry
Born 1816-07-13.
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