# Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Based in [Weimar, Thuringia, Germany](https://localbooks.app/places/de/thuringia/weimar)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was born in Frankfurt and spent most of his life in Weimar as a court minister, theatre director and scientist. Poet, novelist and dramatist, he worked on Faust for some sixty years and is Germany's most celebrated writer.

## Books (2)

- [The Sorrows of Young Werther](https://localbooks.app/books/the-sorrows-of-young-werther) (1774)
- [Faust: Part One](https://localbooks.app/books/faust-part-one) (1808)

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