Kleist
[ klahyst ]
/ klaɪst /
noun
(Bernd) Hein·rich (Wil·helm) von
[bernt hahyn-rikh vil-helm fuh n] /bɛrnt ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/,1777–1811,
German poet, dramatist, and story writer.
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Kleist
/ (klaɪst) /
noun
(Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von (ˈhainrɪç fɔn). 1777–1811, German dramatist, poet, and short-story writer. His plays include The Broken Pitcher (1808), Penthesilea (1808), and The Prince of Homburg (published 1821)