Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Life
Lessing was one of twelve children. His father was a Protestant priest. He went to school in Kamenz and got a stipendium for the Higher School in Meißen. From 1746 to 1748, he studied medicine and theology in Leipzig. In 1750, he moved to Berlin, where he met Voltaire. In 1752 he got the Magister (Master) degree from the university in Wittenberg.

He moved back to Leipzig in 1755, but returned later to Berlin. He traveled around in Europe and studied. He worked as a reporter. From 1760 to 1765, he worked as secretary for a general in Breslau (today: Wroclaw). Later he worked at the theater and became a librarian. Lessing got married in 1776. But 1778 his wife died.

In 1781, Lessing died.

 Works 
1747Damon oder die wahre Freundschaft (Damon, or true friendship)1748Der junge Gelehrte  (The young savant) Der Misogyn Die alte Jungfer (the old virgin)1749Die Juden        (The Jews) Der Freigeist    (The free spirit)1750Der Schatz        (The Treasure)1755Miss Sara Sampson1759Fabeln (3 Bücher)  (Fables, 3 books) Faust (Fragment)   (Faust, a frament) Philotas1766Laokoon oder Über die Grenzen der Malerei und Poesie1767Minna von Barnhelm Hamburgische Dramaturgie (1767-1769)1772Emilia Galotti1777Das Testament Johannis Über den Beweis des Geistes und der Kraft1778Anti-Goeze1779Nathan der Weise1780Die Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts1781Die eheliche Liebe (Gedicht) Ernst und Falk - Gespräche für Freimaurer
 Other websites 

In German
 Fabeln von Lessing  im Literaturnetz
 Lessing-Akademie Wolfenbüttel
 Lessing-Museum in Kamenz
 Biographie
 Biographie in ADB
 Briefe, die Neueste Literatur betreffend 
 Deutscher Bildungsserver: Pädagogische Materialien zu Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 
 Einführung in die Dramentheorie Lessings
  kostenlose Hörbuchabhandlung als MP3: Über die Wahrheit 
 Das Lessing-Denkmal in Wolfenbüttel 

Category:1729 births
Category:1781 deaths
Category:18th-century German philosophers
Category:German poets
Category:Writers from Saxony