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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Portrait o Lessing bi Anna Rosina Lisiewska during his time as dramaturg o Abel Seyler's Hamburg Naitional Theatre (1767/1768)
Born22 Januar 1729(1729-01-22)
Kamenz, Upper Lusatie, Saxony
Dee'd15 Februar 1781(1781-02-15) (aged 52)
Braunschweig, Brunswick-Lüneburg
ThriftWriter, filosofer, dramatist, publicist, airt creetic an dramaturg
Alma materLeipzig Varsity
Varsity o Wittenberg
Notable warksMiss Sara Sampson; Emilia Galotti; Minna von Barnhelm; Nathan the Wise; Laocoön; Hamburgian Dramaturgy
SpooseEva König

Signatur

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (German: [ˈlɛsɪŋ]; 22 Januar 1729 – 15 Februar 1781) wis a German writer, filosofer, dramatist, publicist an airt creetic, an ane o the maist ootstaundin representatives o the Enlichtenment era. His plays an theoretical writins substantially influenced the development o German leeteratur. He is widely conseedert bi theatre historians tae be the first dramaturg in his role at Abel Seyler's Hamburg Naitional Theatre.[1]

References

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  1. Luckhurst, Mary (2006). Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 24. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was the world's first officially appointed dramaturg.