Christian Dietrich Grabbe (December 11, 1801 – September 12, 1836) was a German dramatist. December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
He was born in Detmold, Germany. He wrote many historical plays and is also known for his use of satire and irony. He wanted to be Germany's greatest poet, which is probably why he became an alcoholic. He also suffered from an unhappy marriage. Heinrich Heine saw him as one of Germany's foremost dramatists; he called him "a drunken Shakespeare". Even though Bertolt Brecht wanted to stage Grabbe's "Hannibal", the National Socialists saw Grabbe as the "prototype of the Low German man". The Nazis idolized Grabbe mainly because of his blatant anti-Semitism. Brecht also wrote the play "Baal" as an answer to Hanns Johst's "Der Einsame", a play about Grabbe. Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a poulation of about 80,000. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... A poet exists within a cultural and intellectual tradition and usually writes in a specific language, but the qualities of good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (born as Harry [Hebrew: Chaim] Heine December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was one of the most significant German poets. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...
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Scherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere Bedeutung (1827)
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