Literature · 1733–1813
Christoph Martin Wieland
German writer and poet influential during the Enlightenment era
Did you know?He is credited with producing the first complete translation of William Shakespeare's plays into the German language.
Christoph Martin Wieland (German:; 5 September 1733 – 20 January 1813) was a German poet and writer, representative of literary Rococo.
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- Age at death
- 79
- Years since death
- 213
- Born
- September 5, 1733 · Oberholzheim, Germany
- Died
- January 20, 1813
- Nationality
- Biberach an der Riß
- Known for
- Literature
Family
- Father
- Thomas Adam Wieland
- Mother
- Regine Catherine Kick
- Spouse
- Anna Dorothea Wieland
- Children
- Amalia Augusta Erler, Johann David Adolf Kick, Juliane Caroline Dorothea Wieland, Ludwig Wieland, Sophie Catharina Susanna Wieland
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