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Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
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1724–1803 · German poet, writer and linguist

Also known as: Fridericus Theophilus Klopfstock, Fridericus Theophilus Klopstock, Klopstock, Фридрих Готлиб Клопшток, فريدريش غوتليب كلوبشتوك, 프리드리히 고틀리프 클롭슈토크

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Known works

  • Memoirs of Frederick and Margaret Klopstock (1808)
  • Es sind wunderliche Dinger, meine Briefe
  • Geistliche Lieder
  • Odes of Klopstock, from 1747 to 1780 (1848)
  • Werke und Briefe: Historisch-Kritische Ausgabe, Band 5 (2005)