Poet ,  Novelist ,  Playwright ,  Natural Philosopher ,  Diplomat ,  Civil servant Nationality German Literary movement Sturm und Drang ;  Weimar Classicism Notable work(s) Faust ;  The Sorrows of Young Werther ;  Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship ;  Elective Affinities ; " Prometheus ";  Zur Farbenlehre ; Italienische Reise ;  Westöstlicher Diwan