Karl Gutzkow

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Born	March 17, 1811 • Berlin • Germany
Died	December 16, 1878 (aged 67) • Germany
Notable Works	“Blasedow und seine Söhne” • “Das Urbild des Tartüffe” • “Der Zauberer vom Rom” • “Die Ritter vom Geiste” • “Maha Guru, Geschichte eines Gottes” • “Richard Savage” • “Uriel Acosta” • “Werner oder Herz und Welt”
Movement / Style	Young Germany

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French philosopher and author

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian author

Pietro Aretino

Italian author

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Pierre Marivaux

French author

Gerhart Hauptmann

Gerhart Hauptmann

German writer

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Heinrich von Kleist

German author

Carl Sternheim

German dramatist

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Andreas Gryphius

German author

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Christian Dietrich Grabbe

German writer

Heinrich Julius

duke of Brunswick

Jakob Ayrer

German dramatist

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John Dryden

British author

Nikolay Gogol

Nikolay Gogol

Ukrainian-born writer

August Strindberg

August Strindberg

Swedish dramatist

Franz Grillparzer

Austrian dramatist

Ludvig Holberg

Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg

Scandinavian author

Francisco de Sá de Miranda

Portuguese author

Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson

American playwright

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Hermann Bahr

Austrian writer