Heinrich Leopold Wagner (19 February 1747 – 4 March 1779) was a German dramatist. Wagner was born in

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

and is chiefly known for his 1776

tragedy Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy ...

'' The Child Murderess''. He died, aged 32, in

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

Works

* ''Prometheus, Deukalion und seine Rezensenten'', 1775 * ''Der wohltätige Unbekannte'', 1775 * ''Die Reue nach der Tat'', 1775 * ''Neuer Versuch über die Schauspielkunst'', 1776, a translation of Louis-Sébastien Mercier's ''Du Théâtre ou nouvel essai sur l'art dramatique'' * ''Leben und Tod Sebastian Silligs'' * ''Die Kindermörderin'', 1776 * ''Briefe, die Seylersche Gesellschaft betreffend'', 1777 * ''Evchen Humbrecht oder Ihr Mütter merkts Euch!'', 1778, a reworking of ''Die Kindermörderin'' 1747 births 1779 deaths Writers from Strasbourg Alsatian-German people German male dramatists and playwrights 18th-century German dramatists and playwrights French writers in German 18th-century French male writers {{Germany-writer-stub