Stefan George
Stefan George
Photograph by Jacob Hilsdorf (1910)
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a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire
Born
Stefan Anton George 12 July 1868 Büdesheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
Died
4 December 1933 (aged 65) Minusio, Ticino, Switzerland
Nationality
German
Occupation
Poet
adultbasic
Germany
era
1800+
Language
German
Notable awards
Goethe Prize (1927)