Goethe, German writer. He was born in a wealthy family in Frankfurt. He studied law at Leipzig University and Strasbourg University successively, but his main interest was literary creation, and he was the backbone of the German "stormtroopers". 1775, at the request of Goethe's trip to Italy, he was hired as an official of Weimar Principality, but nothing happened. 1786 went to Italy, devoted himself to the research of natural science and engaged in painting and literary creation. /kloc-after returning to Weimar in 0/788, he became a theater director, tended to be conservative politically, and pursued harmonious and quiet classical beauty in art. After associating with Schiller from 65438 to 0794, he created German "classical literature". Goethe's creation includes poems, essays, novels, plays and many other aspects. His major works include scripts, such as Gotz von Beresingen, Iphigenia in Torritz, and Tokuado Tasso. The novel Young Werther, the pastoral poem Herman and Dou Lutai, the poetic philosophical tragedy Faust, and the novel Marriage. Young Werther is an epistolary novel, which describes the love tragedy between young Werther and Charlotte, and reflects the young people's desire to oppose feudalism, pursue individuality liberation and love freedom at that time, thus making Goethe world-famous.