Heinrich-Heine
Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius but less by assimilation than by friction. 17 1856 Paris France German poetBorn of Jewish parents he converted to Protestantism to enter careers that he never actually pursued. Ernst Benedikt Kietz Heine Heinrich Heine With His Wife Mathilde Human Art Art Painting His poetry particularly inspired romantic composers notably Schumann and he has become one of the poets most frequently set to music. . Some considered him to be part of a revolution and a friend of marchers. Heinrich Heine 1797-1856 Heine studied at Bonn Berlin and Göttingen universities but his calling was for literature rather than law although he did eventually take a degree. The Book of Songs frequently set to music though the more sombre poems of his last. The North American Heine Society NAHS was founded in 1982 as a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and disseminating research on th...