Bust of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at Albertina, Vienna

Johann Wolfgang Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist. A literary celebrity by the age of 25, Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Karl August in 1782 after first taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther. He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement. During his first ten years in Weimar, Goethe served as a member of the Duke's privy council, sat on the war and highway commissions, oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau, and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena. He also contributed to the planning of Weimar's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace, which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.   Scanner: GOM ATOS III Triple Scan

约翰·沃尔夫冈·歌德（Johann Wolfgang Goethe）生于1749年8月28日，卒于1832年3月22日，是德国作家与国务活动家。其创作涵盖多种格律与风格的史诗、抒情诗歌，散文与韵文戏剧，回忆录，自传，文学与美学评论，植物学、解剖学及色彩学相关论著，另有四部小说传世。此外，其留存有大量文学与科学残稿、逾万封书信以及近三千幅画作。年仅25岁便已享誉文坛的歌德，在其首部小说《少年维特的烦恼》（The Sorrows of Young Werther）大获成功后，于1775年11月迁居魏玛，并于1782年被萨克森-魏玛公爵卡尔·奥古斯特（Karl August）晋封贵族。他亦是狂飙突进（Sturm und Drang）文学运动的早期参与者。在魏玛的最初十年间，歌德担任公爵枢密院成员，参与战争与公路事务委员会工作，督办邻近伊尔梅瑙（Ilmenau）银矿的复开工程，并在耶拿大学推行了一系列行政改革。他还参与了魏玛植物园的规划与公爵宫的重建工作，该建筑群于1998年被联合列入联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）世界遗产名录。扫描设备：GOM ATOS III Triple Scan