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Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine 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 by composers such as Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert.
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Born 13 December 1797 · Died 17 February 1856 · Q44403
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2026· 5 entries
“s performance before his concert; he indicated that it contained comments Liszt would not like. Liszt took this as an attempt to extort money for a positive review and did not meet Heine. Heine”
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“I make no secret of my Judaism, to which I have not returned, because I never left it.”
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“the ticket of admission into European culture”
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yadvashem.org: 'The Book of Songs' by Heinrich Heine
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2023· 1 entry
BBC: Heinrich Heine: The First Modern European
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2021· 1 entry
The Jewish Chronicle: Heinrich Heine’s life shows how lucky we are
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2016· 1 entry
“Citation choisie pour le 31 décembre 2016.”
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2014· 1 entry
U.S. News & World Report: Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf
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2006· 1 entry
Philips/Universal launched a republication on CD
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1997· 1 entry
It was confirmed through an analysis of the poet's hair that he had suffered from chronic lead poisoning
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1987· 1 entry
“Heinrich Heine citado em "The Routledge dictionary of quotations" - Página 60, Robert Andrews - Routledge, 1987, ISBN 0710207298, 9780710207296 - 343 páginas”
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1964· 1 entry
Gert Westphal and the Attila-Zoller Quartet released the vinyl "Heinrich Heine Lyrik und Jazz"
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1933· 2 entries
Following the Nazi raid on the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, were works by Heinrich Heine
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Career landmark: Nazi book burnings.
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1926· 1 entry
The paper lamented that Hamburg had erected a "Jewish Monument to Heine and Damascus
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1910· 2 entries
“Sämtliche Werke - vol. 7, Página 193, de Heinrich Heine, Jonas Fränkel, Ludwig Krähe, Albert Leitzmann, Julius Petersen, Paul Neuburger, Walther Gensel, Oskar Franz Walzel - publicado por Insel-Verlag, 1910”
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“Jealousy: Causes and a Possible Cure”
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1908· 4 entries
“Presentiment #6 The poems of Heine; Complete Part I, , by Heinrich Heine, Translator: Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908)”
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“Love's Salutation #1 The poems of Heine; Complete Part I, , by Heinrich Heine, Translator: Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908)”
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“The Gods of Greece, #VI, The poems of Heine; Complete Part II, , by Heinrich Heine, Translator: Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908)”
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“A Parody The poems of Heine; Complete], Part I, by Heinrich Heine, Translator: Edgar Alfred Bowring, London (1908)”
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1907· 1 entry
But it eventually found a home in Toulon
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1887· 1 entry
“(wyd. T. Paprocki, Warszawa 1887, tłum. Maria Konopnicka)”
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1868· 1 entry
“Sämmtliche Werke - vol. 11, página 411, de Heinrich Heine, publicado por Hoffmann und Campe, 1868”
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1856· 29 entries
Died 1856-02-17.
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“One must forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.”
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“Heinrich Heine. Erinnerungen”
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“Czasem zdarza się, że człowiekNajcnotliwszy – szewcem trąci,Podczas kiedy duch służalczyAmbrą pachnie i lawendą.Są dziewicze czyste dusze,A czuć od nich szare mydło,Gdy występek się częstokroćRóżanemi wody myje.”
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“Gdy na łożu odpoczywam,Z przymkniętemi na wpół oczy,Wciąż przed myślą mą się snuje,Obraz cudny i uroczy.”
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“Opis: przemyślenia Atty Trolla.”
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“Kein Talent, doch ein Charakter. (niem.)”
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“Tam to jadłem i Garbanzos,Ciężkie, jak z ołowiu kule,I niestrawne nawet Niemcom,Co na kluskach rosną z dziecka.”
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“O Herr, o Herr, ich kniee nieder, vergib, vergib mir meine Lieder!”
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“Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen,Die hat einen andern erwählt (…)Es ist eine alte Geschichte,Doch bleibt sie immer neu;Und wem sie just passiert,Dem bricht das Herz entzwei. (niem.)”
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“Auf Flügeln des Gesanges,Herzliebchen, trag' ich dich fort. (niem.)”
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“Opis: popularne dzięki muzyce Roberta Schumanna.”
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“Im wunderschönen Monat Mai. (niem.)”
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“Den Himmel űberlassen wir Den Engeln und den Spatzen. (niem.)”
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“Cały mój majątek zapisuję swojej żonie Matyldzie – pod warunkiem, że po raz drugi wyjdzie za mąż. Pragnę, aby znalazł się choć jeden człowiek, który by szczerze opłakiwał mój zgon.”
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“Leise zieht durch mein GemütLiebliches Geläute. (niem.)”
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“Ciebie tam brakło przy stole,Mój skarbie, wśród tego zebrania.Tak ładnie byś mówić umiałaO dziejach naszego kochania.”
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“Demagogia – święte przymierze narodów.”
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“Dwóch są gatunków szczury:Syci panowie i głodne ciury.Syte są domatorami,Głodne wędrują światami.”
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“Variant translation: Why, of course, he will forgive me; that's his business.”
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“If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.”
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“Gdy młode serca giną,Drwi gwiazd chorowód złoty;Wpatrz się myślą w dal siną,Co-ć mówią ich migoty?”
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“Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but less by assimilation than by friction.”
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“Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.”
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“Opis: do pielęgniarki w czasie przewożenia do szpitala, gdy pielęgniarki znosiły go do karetki.”
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“When words leave off, music begins.”
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“The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.”
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“Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one's nose.”
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“Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen.”
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1855· 1 entry
Was printed the complete edition of Heine's works in German language)
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1848· 1 entry
Heine also returned to religious faith
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1844· 2 entries
As part of a collection Neue Gedichte ("New Poems"), which gathered all the verse Heine had written since 1831
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Heine wrote series of musical feuilletons over several different music seasons discussing the music of the day
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1841· 1 entry
After a trip to the Pyrenees, mocks the literary failings Heine saw in the radical poets, particularly Freiligrath
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1840· 1 entry
It was universally disliked by the radicals and served to alienate Heine from his public
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1836· 1 entry
And lived with him for the rest of his life
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1835· 4 entries
98 years before Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party seized power in Germany, Heine wrote in his essay "The History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany":
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Gutzkow published a novel, Wally die Zweiflerin ("Wally the Sceptic"), which contained criticism of the institution of marriage and some mildly erotic passages
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“The History of Religion and Philosophy in Germany”
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“s not as easy to clean as the Augean stables because, during the shoveling, the oxen remain inside and the dung continues to pile up! What do you say about that! Well put, don”
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1831· 1 entry
Settling in Paris for the remainder of his life
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1824· 1 entry
Heine began a historical novel, Der Rabbi von Bacherach, which he never finished
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1823· 4 entries
“O weine nicht! Wie glüh’nde Naftatropfen, // So fallen deine Thränen auf mein Herz." - Almansor, Vers 781 f. / Almansor. In: Tragödien nebst einem lyrischen Intermezzo, Dümmler, Berlin 1823, S. 183”
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“Tragödien: nebst einem lyrischen Intermezzo - Página 148, Heinrich Heine - Hoffmann und Campe, 1823, 247 páginas”
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“Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher // Verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." - Almansor, Vers 243 f. / Hassan. In: Tragödien nebst einem lyrischen Intermezzo, Dümmler, Berlin 1823, S. 148”
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Studied at Frederick William University Berlin (1821–1823).
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1822· 1 entry
It introduced a law excluding Jews from academic posts, and Heine had ambitions for a university career
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1819· 1 entry
Heine went to the University of Bonn, then in Prussia
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1817· 1 entry
“Opis: na zakończenie zjazdu studenckiego w Wartburgu w 1817 w związku ze spaleniem na stosie książek uznanych za niezgodne z duchem niemieckim.”
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1816· 1 entry
Heine moved to Hamburg to become an apprentice at Heckscher & Co, his uncle's bank, but displayed little aptitude for business
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1814· 1 entry
Heine went to a business school in Düsseldorf, where he learned to read English, the commercial language of the time
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1806· 1 entry
Who turned it into the capital of the Grand Duchy of Berg, one of three French states he established in Germany
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1797· 1 entry
Born 1797-12-13.
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