Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
Klopstock by Johann Caspar Füssli (1750)
Klopstock by Johann Caspar Füssli (1750)
Born(1724-07-02)2 July 1724
Quedlinburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died14 March 1803(1803-03-14) (aged 78)
Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
LanguageGerman
Genre
Literary movement
SpouseMeta Moller
Johanna Elisabeth von Winthem

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (German: [ˈklɔpʃtɔk]; 2 July 1724 – 14 March 1803) was a German poet. His best known works are the epic poem Der Messias ("The Messiah") and the poem Die Auferstehung ("The Resurrection"), with the latter set to text in the finale of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2. One of his major contributions to German literature was to open it up to exploration outside of French models.[1]

  1. ^ Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb" . Encyclopedia Americana.