Gerhart Hauptmann
November 15, 1862 – June 06, 1946
Countries:
Germany
Place of Birth:
Obersalzbrunn, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia in the German Confederation
(now Szczawno-Zdrój, Poland)
Place of Death:
Agnieszków, People's Republic of Poland (now Jagniątków district of Jelenia Góra, Poland)
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.