Quick Facts

• NAME: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• OCCUPATION: Author, Playwright, Poet
• BIRTH DATE: August 28, 1749
• DEATH DATE: March 22, 1832
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• PLACE OF DEATH: Weimar, Germany

Best Known For

Poet, novelist, and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe provided the Sturm und Drang movement with its first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther.