Friedrich Schiller was born on 10 November 1759, in Marbach, Württemberg, as the only son of military doctor Johann Kaspar Schiller and Elisabetha Dorothea Schiller.

Nov 6, 2025 · Friedrich Schiller was a leading German dramatist, poet, and literary theorist, best remembered for such dramas as Die Räuber (1781; The Robbers), the Wallenstein trilogy …

Apr 21, 2017 · Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) is best known for his immense influence on German literature. In his relatively short life, he authored an extraordinary series of dramas, …

Schiller was the great republican poet of freedom, who could adorn the ideal of a nobler, more beautiful mankind in such powerful language, that he truly found “an infallible key to the most secret recesses …

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, more commonly just Freidrich Schiller, was a multitalented thinker, romanticist writer, playwright, polymath, and historian who has become one of the icons of …

Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) was a German poet, philosopher, playwright, and historian. Known for his exploration of freedom, justice, and human dignity, Schiller’s work reflects the ideals of the …

Goethe endorsed Schiller for a position as a professor of history at the University of Jena on the strength of two volumes Schiller had written on the history of the Thirty Years’ War.

Jun 25, 2025 · Schiller’s early works, such as “The Robbers,” gained attention and showcased his revolutionary ideas. Despite facing censorship and opposition from authorities, Schiller’s literary …

Friedrich Schiller, a famed dramatist, poet, and essayist, was born in Marbach, a small town in southwest Germany, to Elisabeth Kodweiss and Johann Kaspar Schiller, a lieutenant in the army of …

Friedrich Schiller's legacy in German literature is most prominently marked by his groundbreaking work in drama, particularly historical plays. He also made significant philosophical...