Out of the Closet

age of revolution page 17

Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983

 

HEINRICH VON KLEIST

(1777 - 1811)

SOLDIER - WRITER

 

 

Kleist discovered, while a law student, that he had a talent for   

writing romantic novels, poems, and plays. He composed many 

passionate letters to Ernst von Pfuell, the Prussian war minister. 

 

 

Registered commercial cover, postmarked Carlsfeld, German Democratic Republic,  19 November 1977,

backstamped Flushing, New York, 14 February 1978.

Copyright Louis Paul Hennefeld 1983