Who was Karl Georg Büchner?
Q: Who was Karl Georg Büchner?
A: Karl Georg Büchner was a German dramatist and writer of prose. He was the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. Many people think that he might have become as important as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller if he had lived longer.
Q: Where was Karl Georg Büchner born?
A: Karl Georg Büchner was born in Goddelau near Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt.
Q: What did he study at university?
A: At university, Karl Georg Büchner studied medicine in Strasbourg. In addition to medicine, he also studied French literature and political thought while in Strasbourg.
Q: What kind of secret society did he start while studying in Gießen?
A: While studying in Gießen, Karl Georg Büchner started a secret society which wanted revolutionary change. With the help of the Protestant theologian Friedrich Ludwig Weidig, they published the leaflet Der Hessische Landbote, a revolutionary text that criticized social problems in the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
Q: What is his most famous play?
A: Karl Georg Büchner's most famous play is Woyzeck, an unfinished work which became the basis for Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck which was first performed in 1925. It is notable for being one of the first literary works written in German whose main characters were members of the working class.
Q: How did Arnold Zweig describe Lenz?
A: Arnold Zweig described Lenz, one of Karl Georg Buchner's only works of prose, as "the beginning of modern European prose".
