Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Portrait of Lessing by Anna Rosina Lisiewska during his time as dramaturg of Abel Seyler's Hamburg National Theatre (1767/1768)
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a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era
Born
22 January 1729 Kamenz, Upper Lusatia, Saxony
Died
15 February 1781 (aged 52) Braunschweig, Brunswick-Lüneburg
Alma mater
Leipzig University University of Wittenberg
Occupation
Writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist, art critic and dramaturg
adultbasic
Germany
era
1600-1800
Notable works
Miss Sara Sampson ; Emilia Galotti ; Minna von Barnhelm ; Nathan the Wise ; Laocoön ; Hamburg Dramaturgy
Spouse
Eva König