Educated at Leipzig and Strassburg universities, Goethe undertook many professions including critic, journalist, theatre manager, playwright, poet, scientist, philosopher, statesman and painter. He contributed a number of works to the Sturm und Drang movement of the 1770's including Gotz von Berlichingen (1773) and Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1774) (The Sorrows of Young Werthers). He moved to Weimar in 1775 and travelled to Italy in 1786. He maintained a long friendship with Schiller who had a great influence on his philosophy. His masterpiece, Faust, was published in two parts in 1808 and 1832, shortly before his death, and established him as one of the world's greatest authors. Other works of note include Iphigenie and Taurus (1787), Toquato Tasso (1790), Roman Elegies (1795), Der West-ostlichen Divan (1819), and Wilhelm Meister's Travels (1821-1829). Goethe also produced many works in the fields of botany, biology and philosophy. |
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