Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (German: [ˌhaɪ̯nʁɪç fɔn ˈklaɪ̯st] ⓘ; 18 October 1777 – 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist shot himself together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.

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