Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) was a German lyric poet and essayist, hailed as "the last representative of German classical literature." Born in Düsseldorf to a Jewish merchant family, he rose to fame with the publication of the Buch der Lieder in 1827. From 1831 he lived in exile in Paris, and despite paralysis in his later years he continued to write, producing works such as Germany: A Winter's Tale and Romanzero. His poetry combines lyricism with social criticism, and its clear, musical language has made some of his poems widely known through composers' settings; he influenced later German-language and world literature. This library holds three related works, including the Complete Translations of Feng Zhi (four volumes), Autumn: Selected Poems Translated by Feng Zhi, and The Legend of the Third Dove: Classic German Short Stories, which includes his work, offering readers ways to approach this author through classic works, modern poetry, and foreign literature.