Heinrich von Kleist

Heinrich von Kleist, German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer

Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) was a poet, dramatist, novelist, and a short story writer. He was the first of the great 19th-century German dramatists and lived in the Kingdom of Prussia of the Holy Roman Empire. His work was during the Romanticism literary movement.

After serving in the Prussian army for seven year his life took a dramatic turn when he was send to prison accused as a spy. Simultaneously his work attracted attention. Since then his disturbing fiction has been widely admired by writers.

The grim and intense drama Penthesilea (1808) contains some of his most powerful poetry. The Broken Pitcher (1808) is a masterpiece of dramatic comedy. They were followed by Katherine of Heilbronn (1810), Die Hermannsschlacht (1821). The Prince of Homburg (1821). In 1811 he published a collection of eight masterly novellas, including Michael Kohlhaas, The Earthquake in Chile, and The Marquise of O.

Despite this he never gained the recognition he thought he deserved. Eventually, depressed and embittered Kleist ended his life in a joint suicide with a 34 year old woman.

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Casimir Delavigne

Casimir Delavigne, French poet, playwright, songwriter

Casimir Delavigne (1793–1843) was the most talented of the dramatists, filling the gap between neoclassical tragedy and romantic drama, Delavigne first achieved popularity in 1819 with his play with Les Vêpres Sicilians. Inspired by the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he wrote two impassioned poems. His “La Parisienne”, set to music by Daniel Auber, was on the lips of every Frenchman, as popular the Marseillaise.
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Cabeza de Vaca

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488-1559) was a Spanish explorer of the New World. In 1527 he survived Narváez expedition and spent eight years traveling across what is now the US Southwest. He became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes. Eventually he reconnected with the Spanish in Mexico and sailed back to Spain in 1537. Cabeza de Vaca's "Shipwrecks and Commentaries" was valued for his detailed accounts of tribes of Native Americans.

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488-1559) was a Spanish explorer of the New World. In 1527 he survived Narváez expedition and spent eight years traveling across what is now the US Southwest. He became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes. Eventually he reconnected with the Spanish in Mexico and sailed back to Spain in 1537. Cabeza de Vaca’s “Shipwrecks and Commentaries” was valued for his detailed accounts of tribes of Native Americans.
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Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary, politician

Vladimir Lenin, (1870-1924) born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. He was a Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union and became a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. Lenin served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.
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Kamehameha

Kamehameha, 1st king of the Kingdom of Hawaii

Kamehameha (1758-1819) was the first Hawaiian monarch. He was born on Kohala, Hawaii to Chief Keouakupuapaikalaninui and Chiefess Keku’iapoiwa though there were rumors about an adoption. Kamehameha’s birth coincided with Halley’s Comet, seen in 1758. In 1810 he become the first king of the Kingdom of Hawaii after the chiefdoms of all the islands united under one leader.
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