Who was Heinrich Heine?
Q: Who was Heinrich Heine?
A: Heinrich Heine was a 19th century German poet.
Q: What did his father do for a living?
A: His father was a tradesman.
Q: What did Heine study at university?
A: Heine studied law at the universities of Göttingen, Bonn and Berlin but was more interested in literature than law.
Q: Why did he convert from Judaism to Protestantism?
A: Heine converted from Judaism to Protestantism because of the severe restrictions on Jews in the German states, such as not being allowed certain businesses or clerks of the state, or becoming university professors.
Q: What is one of his most famous lines?
A: One of Heine's most famous lines is "Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too" (Almansor, 1821).
Q: Where did he move to in 1831?
A: In 1831 he moved to Paris, France.
Q: What poem did he write in 1851? A: In 1851 Heinrich Heine wrote the "König Richard" poem which was written in tribute to King Richard I of England and translated into several languages.
