Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872) was a Austrian poet and dramatist.
Short Biography:
His plays include the tragedy Die Ahnfrau / The Ancestress (1817), the classical Sappho (1818) and the trilogy Das goldene Vliess / The Golden Fleece (1821).
Two dramas considered to be his greatest are Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen / The Waves of Sea and Love (1831), returning to the Hellenic world, and Der Traum, em Leben / A Dream is Life (1834). He wrote a bitter cycle of poems Tristia ex Ponto (1835) after an unhappy love-affair.
Why is Franz Grillparzer famous?
Franz Grillparzer was an Austrian writer, famous for his dramas.
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