About this artist
German author, dramatist, poet and philosopher, born 10 November 1759 in Marbach am Neckar, Württemberg (today Germany), and died 9 May 1805 in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar (today Germany).
Next to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller is the most important figure of Weimar Classicism and still today yields eminent influence on art, literature and the theory of drama.