On 3 July, the literary scholar, writer and Kleist Prize winner Prof. Dr Dirk von Petersdorff will speak about the religious aspects of the poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at the University of ...
That Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the greatest poet Germany ever produced, was at one time interested in the Yiddish language is not commonly known. This is of peculiar interest in the light of the ...
The Goethe institute is celebrating its 60th birthday and we're joining in, reflecting on the work of the most important promoter of the German culture in the world. For the second part of our series ...
Don’t let anyone tell you different: Back in the day, Johann Wolfgang Goethe knew how to party. Ambitious to become a poet, he had the sensibility of a rock star. He disdained tradition, took drugs, ...