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When did Friedrich Hölderlin's career begin?
After obtaining Friedrich Hölderlin's magister degree in 1793, Hölderlin found no satisfaction in the prevailing Protestant theology, and worked instead as a private tutor.
What was Friedrich Hölderlin's first project?
In 1794, Friedrich Hölderlin met Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and began writing his epistolary novel Hyperion.
Did Hyperion get any awards?
No. Hyperion is included in the 2006 literary reference book 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.

Question: Did they have an affair?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Susette Gontard and Friedrich Hölderlin have an affair?