The Resume

(May 2, 1772-March 25, 1801)
Born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany
Birth name was Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg
Romantic poet
Wrote 'Hymns to the Night' (1800)
Died at age 28 from tuberculosis

Why he might be annoying:

He was born into nobility.
He went by a pretentious single name.
When he was 22, he got engaged to 13-year-old Sophie von Kuhn. (They never married because of her death at age 15.)
He left behind a number of unfinished works.

Why he might not be annoying:

A blue flower from his incomplete novel 'Heinrich von Ofterdingen' was adopted as a symbol of the German romantic movement.
He influenced the German writers Herman Hesse, Rainer Marie Rilke and Thomas Mann.
Ralph Waldo Emerson referred to him as 'the ardent and holy Novalis.'
He wrote, 'Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 18th Century Poets
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 40]
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 28)
• I Have Tuberculosis
• I was Home Schooled
• Known By a Single Name
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• Poets
• Profiles 32251-32500 (Ranked: 32456)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying