!!!Collin, Heinrich Joseph von

b. Vienna, Dec. 26, 1771, 
d. Vienna, July 28, 1811, dramatist, poet, journalist; brother of 
Matthaeus von  Collin. Developed a new concept of tragedy influenced 
by P. Metastasio, F.G. Klopstock and Goethe's "Iphigenie". Wrote 
patriotic poetry such as the "Songs of Austrian Soldiers" (Lieder oe. 
Wehrmaenner) (1809) and theoretical essays on aesthetics. Tomb in 
Karlskirche (church in Vienna).

!Further Works
Plays: Regulus, 1802; Coriolan, 1805; Bianca della 
Porta, 1808. - Edition: Saemmtliche Werke, ed. by. M. v. Collin, 6 
vols., 1812-1814.

!Literature
G. Jungmayer, H. C., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1981.



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