Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German writer, circa 1800. By Karl Joseph von Stieler (1781-1858). (Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is the ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was and is a cultural colossus, a figure to rank alongside Dante and Shakespeare.