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'''Friedrich von Schiller''' (1759 - 1805) is generally seen as the greatest [[German]] playwright.
'''Friedrich von Schiller''' (1759 - 1805) is generally seen as one of the greatest [[German]] playwrights.
==Main Works==
===Plays===
*[[Die Räuber]] (The Robbers), 1781
*Fiesco (Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua), 1783
*Kabale und Liebe (Intrigue and Love), 1784
*Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien (Don Carlos), 1787
*Wallenstein, 1800
*Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart), 1800
*Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans), 1801
*Turandot, Prinzessin von China, 1801
*Die Braut von Messina (The Bride of Messina), 1803
*Wilhelm Tell (William Tell), 1804
===Famous Poems===
*An die Freude (''Ode to Joy''): set to music by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] in his ninth symphony
*Die Bürgschaft (''The Hostage''): set to music by [[Schubert|Friedrich Schubert]]
*[[Das Lied von der Glocke]] (''Song of the Bell)'': set to music by [[Max Bruch]]
*Nänie: set to music by [[Johannes Brahms]]
==See also:==
[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
[[Category:German People]]
[[Category:German People]]
[[Category:Poets]]