Ludwig Robert
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Ludwig Robert | |
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Born | Liepmann Levin 16 December 1778 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
Died | 5 July 1832 Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation | (aged 53)
Ernst Friedrich Ludwig Robert (or Robert-Tornow; 16 December 1778 – 5 July 1832) was a German dramatist.
Life
Ludwig Robert was born in Berlin as Liepmann Levin, into a well-off Jewish family,[1] a brother of Rahel Varnhagen von Ense. He wrote plays, including the tragedy Die Macht der Verhältnisse (1819) which deals with the position of Jews in society:
Ludwig Robert was the first German author to write Jewish material that dealt with a biblical subject.
— Ezra Mendelsohn, "Dramatic History: Reflections on a Biblical Play by Ludwig Robert"
He died, aged 53, in Baden-Baden.
Notes
- ^ Garland, Henry; Garland, Mary, eds. (1997). "Ludwig Robert". The Oxford Companion to German Literature (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-815896-7. OCLC 36135866 – via Oxford Reference.
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