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Friedrich Schiller


 

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

Works

Plays

Histories

  • Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung or The Revolt of the Netherlands
  • Geschichte des dreissigjährigen Kriegs or A History of the Thirty Years' War
  • Über Völkerwanderung, Kreuzzüge und Mittelalter or On the Barbarian Invasions, Crusaders and Middle Ages

Translations

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