Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 1777 – 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon, Penthesilea and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist committed suicide together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.
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Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist 18 October 1777 Frankfurt an der Oder, Prussia
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21 November 1811 (aged 34) Kleiner Wannsee, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
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Zodiac | Libra |
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