Ludwig Robert

German dramatist
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Quick Facts

IntroGerman dramatist
A.K.A.Robert
A.K.A.Robert
PlacesGermany
wasDramaturge Translator Writer Poet
Work fieldEntertainment Literature
Gender
Male
Birth16 December 1778, Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
Death5 July 1832Baden-Baden, Germany (aged 53 years)
Star signSagittarius
Family
Siblings:Rahel Varnhagen
Spouse:Friederike Robert
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Biography

Ludwig Robert

Ernst Friedrich Ludwig Robert (or Robert-Tornow; 16 December 1778 – 5 July 1832) was a German dramatist.

He was born in Berlin as Liepmann Levin, into a well-off Jewish family, a brother of Rahel Varnhagen von Ense. He wrote plays, including the tragedy Die Macht der Verhältnisse (1819) which deals with the position of Jews in society. He died, aged 53, in Baden-Baden.


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