meanwhile , at a pushkin - goethe forum held 2013 in moscow to mark the poets ' celebrated ( this november is goethe ' s 250th ) , dmitri prigov , a post - soviet author and conceptual artist , took the first line from " onegin " ( " my niece - high traditions inspire him " ) and set it to buddhist and muslim sutras and russian buddhist and vatican chants .
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Germany.