Hebbel

[heb-uh l]

noun

(Chris·ti·an) Frie·drich

[kris-tee-ahn free-drikh] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn ˈfri drɪx/, 1813–63, German lyric poet and playwright.

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Most charmingly Hebbel describes his first experience of love, when but four years old.
The Sexual Life of the Child
Albert Moll
Hebbel, especially, must be regarded as the most original and revolutionary German dramatist of the 19th century.
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With less success Sudermann attempted in Johannes a tragedy on lines suggested by Hebbel.
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To comfort himself he read Hebbel's Life; and for a time he thought of going to America.
Musicians of To-Day
Romain Rolland

British Dictionary definitions for hebbel

Hebbel

noun

Christian Friedrich (ˈkrɪstian ˈfriːdrɪç). 1813–63, German dramatist and lyric poet, whose historical works were influenced by Hegel; his major plays are Maria Magdalena (1844), Herodes und Marianne (1850), and the trilogy Die Nibelungen (1862)

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