Who was (is) the most popular and influencial German poet?
1) “Among the most admired German poets and authors are Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Hoffmann, Brecht and Schmidt. Four 20th century authors have won the Nobel Prize in literature: Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass.” Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Germany (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, E. T. A. Hoffmann and Arno Schmidt would not count as “poets”, rather as authors) 2) “Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) – greatest German romantic poet, remembered for selections of his lyric poetry.” Source and further information: “100 Most Influential Jews of All Times” http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp 3) “Eichendorff was one of the most influential and popular German Romantic poets, and his poems were set to music by dozens of composers
