Ludwig Robert

Ludwig Robert
Ludwig Robert
Born	Liepmann Levin; 16 December 1778; Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	5 July 1832 (aged 53); Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation

Ernst Friedrich Ludwig Robert (or Robert-Tornow; 16 December 1778 – 5 July 1832) was a German dramatist.

Life

Ludwig Robert was born in Berlin as Liepmann Levin, into a well-off Jewish family,[1] a brother of Rahel Varnhagen von Ense. He wrote plays, including the tragedy Die Macht der Verhältnisse (1819) which deals with the position of Jews in society:

Ludwig Robert was the first German author to write Jewish material that dealt with a biblical subject.
— Ezra Mendelsohn, "Dramatic History: Reflections on a Biblical Play by Ludwig Robert"

He died, aged 53, in Baden-Baden.

Notes

Garland, Henry; Garland, Mary, eds. (1997). "Ludwig Robert". The Oxford Companion to German Literature (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-815896-7. OCLC 36135866 – via Oxford Reference.

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[1] Garland, Henry; Garland, Mary, eds. (1997). "Ludwig Robert". The Oxford Companion to German Literature (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-815896-7. OCLC 36135866 – via Oxford Reference.