Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Heinrich von Kleist
Born: October 18, 1777
Died: November 21, 1811 (aged 34)
Bio: Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him, as was the Kleist Theater in his birthplace.
Known for:
- Penthesilea (1808)
- Michael Kohlhaas (1810)
- The Broken Jug
- The Prince of Homburg
- The Marquise of O (1808)