GERHART HAUPTMANN
\d͡ʒˈɜːhɑːt hˈɔːptman], \dʒˈɜːhɑːt hˈɔːptman], \dʒ_ˈɜː_h_ɑː_t h_ˈɔː_p_t_m_a_n]\
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A German dramatist and poet; born Nov. 15, 1862, in Salzbrunn, Silesia. He was a scholar of solid attainments at Jena and Berlin. His taste for practical sociology comes out strongly in his intense and powerful poems and dramas; he settled on a small Silesian farm solely to study peasant life. He traveled widely, visiting the United States in 1894. His first play, "Promethidenlos" (1885), was conventional; but under Ibsen's inspiration he soon broke away from the old lines, producing "Before Sunrise" and "A Family Catastrophe", tragedies presenting the genetic conditions of proletarianism. These and subsequent plays have given him world-wide repute. He has lately turned to comedy but "The Weavers" represent his forte. "The Apostle"; "Hannele"; "Poor Henry" and "The Railway-Guard" are an attempt at fiction.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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