Friedrich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 in Marbach, Württemberg – May 9, 1805 in Weimar), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist.

 Works 
 Plays 
 Die Räuber (The Robbers) (1781)
 Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love) (1784)
 Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos) (1787)
 Wallenstein (1800)
 Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans) (1801)
 Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart) (1801)
 Turandot (1802)
 Die Braut von Messina (1803)
 Wilhelm Tell (William Tell) (1804)
 Demetrius (unfinished at his death)

 Poems 
 An die Freude or Ode to Joy (1785) which became the basis for the fourth movement of Beethoven's ninth symphony
 The Artists
 The Cranes of Ibykus
 The Bell
 Columbus
 Hope
 Pegasus in Harness
 The Glove
 Nänie which Brahms set to music

 Other websites 


 Friedrich Schiller Chronology
 "Say it loud – it's Schiller and it's proud" by George Steiner
 2005 is Schiller year: all dates 
 Letters upon the Education of Man at 
 Schiller Monument in Schiller Park, German Village, Columbus, Ohio, USA  
 Schiller multimedial  combines a biographical observation by Norbert Oellers with classic recordings and video clips
 Mobile Schiller  Mobile Java application containing 20 poems of Schiller

Category:Writers from Baden-Württemberg
Category:1759 births
Category:1805 deaths
Category:German poets