page_title: Heinrich Heine
section_title: Paris years
hierarchical_section_title: Heinrich Heine / Paris years
caption_attribution_description: Romantic history painting. Commemorates the French Revolution of 1830 (July Revolution) on 28 July 1830.
context_page_description: Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of lieder by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered part of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame. He spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.
caption: Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People, celebrating France's 1830 revolution
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