Stefan George
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Not to be confused with Stefan Georg, the linguist.
Stefan Anton George (German: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈʔantoːn ɡeˈ(ʔ)ɔʁɡə]; 12 July 1868 – 4 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary circle called the George-Kreis and for founding the literary magazine Blätter für die Kunst [de] ("Journal for the Arts"). From the inception of his circle, George and his followers represented a literary and cultural revolt against the literary realism trend in German literature during the last decades of the German Empire.
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Born | Stefan Anton George (1868-07-12)12 July 1868 Büdesheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire |
Died | 4 December 1933(1933-12-04) (aged 65) Minusio, Ticino, Switzerland |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | German |
Notable awards | Goethe Prize (1927) |
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