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Frank Wedekind

German playwright who wrote the controversial play Spring Awakening

Did you know?He spent time in prison for lèse-majesté after publishing poems that mocked Kaiser Wilhelm II in a satirical magazine.

Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 – March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the development of epic theatre.

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