Ludwig Robert Explained

Ludwig Robert
Birth Name:	Liepmann Levin
Birth Date:	16 December 1778
Birth Place:	Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Place:	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:He died, aged 53, in Baden-Baden.

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: 1997. Oxford University Press. 3rd. 978-0-19-815896-7 . 36135866. Ludwig Robert. Henry. Garland. Mary. Garland . subscription. The Oxford Companion to German Literature. Oxford Reference. en.