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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (; ; 22 January 1729 – 15 February 1781) was a German writer, philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and an outstanding representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. He is widely considered by theatre historians to be the first dramaturg in his role at Abel Seyler's Hamburg National Theatre.
Life.
Lessing was born in Kamenz, a small town in Saxony, to Johann Gottfried Lessing and Justine Salome Feller
, includes "The Education of the Human Race", by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- "Nathan the Wise", by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- "The Parable of the Ring"
- "Laocoon"
- The Dramatic Works of G.E. Lessing
- "Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: His Life and his Works" (1878) by Helen Zimmern
- Works by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing at Projekt Gutenberg
- All poems of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
- Coin to commemorate his 200th birth anniversary