Georg Buchner
Georg Buchner
Karl Georg Büchnerwas a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary, a natural scientist, and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though few in number, are generally held in great esteem in Germany and it is widely believed that, had it not been for his early death, he might have joined such central German literary figures as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth17 October 1813
CountryGermany
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom
The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength
Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly.