In the history of letters, Ewald Christian von Kleist is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Ewald Christian von Kleist as German poet and noble (1715-1759).
Ewald Christian von Kleist was born at Cybulino in 1715. His recorded nationality is Russia. He was educated at University of Königsberg.
The eighteenth century built the literary marketplace - periodicals, subscription publishing, and readers who paid.
He worked as poet, writer and poet lawyer.
The writing is recorded in German.
A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
That the work was written from Russia matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Ewald Christian von Kleist died in 1759, aged 44. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
