Ludwig Robert
German dramatist
Intro | German dramatist | ||||
A.K.A. | Robert | ||||
A.K.A. | Robert | ||||
Places | Germany | ||||
was | Dramaturge Translator Writer Poet | ||||
Work field | Entertainment Literature | ||||
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Birth | 16 December 1778, Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg | ||||
Death | 5 July 1832Baden-Baden, Germany (aged 53 years) | ||||
Star sign | Sagittarius | ||||
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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.