Stefan George

Stefan George
Photograph by Jacob Hilsdorf (1910)
Photograph by Jacob Hilsdorf (1910)
BornStefan Anton George
(1868-07-12)12 July 1868
Büdesheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
Died4 December 1933(1933-12-04) (aged 65)
Minusio, Ticino, Switzerland
OccupationPoet
LanguageGerman
Notable awardsGoethe Prize (1927)
From 1921 George spent his summers in the hills on the south-western edge of Frankfurt at this house in Königstein, where he was attended by his sister, Anna.

Stefan Anton George (German: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈʔantoːn ɡeˈ(ʔ)ɔʁɡə]; 12 July 1868 – 4 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary circle called the George-Kreis and for founding the literary magazine Blätter für die Kunst [de] ('Journal for the Arts').