Kleist

[ klahyst ]

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(Bernd) Hein·rich (Wil·helm) von [be, r, nt , hahyn, -, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm f, uh, n], 1777–1811, German poet, dramatist, and story writer.

Kleist

/ klaɪst /

Kleist(Bernd) Heinrich17771811MGermanTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poetWRITING: short-story writer ( Bernd ) Heinrich ( Wilhelm ) von (ˈhainrɪç fɔn). 1777–1811, German dramatist, poet, and short-story writer. His plays include The Broken Pitcher (1808), Penthesilea (1808), and The Prince of Homburg (published 1821)

Mr. von Kleist was the last surviving member of the plot to kill Hitler known as "Valkryie".

He asked for a day to decide, and he traveled home from Berlin to talk with his father, Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin.

Jamie McFadden writes in that Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist died on Friday at his home in Munich, Germany.

He excused himself on the score that courtesy required him to wait for Herr Georges Kleist.

But, even as the report was heard, Herr Kleist's pistol was blown to pieces and he himself staggered and fell on one knee.

Although untouched by the ball, the impact of the broken pistol with the right side of Kleist's face had had deplorable results.

In short, Herr Kleist would be obliged for at least a fortnight to forgo the pleasures of society.

Sporschil and other writers have said that Blucher sent General Kleist a reinforcement of three thousand infantry.

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