Hauptmann was born in Obersalzbrunn, a small town of Silesia, today known as Szczawno-Zdroj, a part of Poland since 1945. He was the son of a hotel-keeper. After attending the village school he went to the Realschule in Breslau, after which he was sent to learn agriculture on his uncle's farm at Jauer. Having no taste for country life, Hauptmann soon returned to Breslau and entered the art school with the intention of becoming a sculptor. There he met his lifelong friend Josef Block. He later studied at the University of Jena and spent the greater part of 1883 and 1884 in Italy. In May 1885, Hauptmann married and settled in Berlin and, devoting himself entirely to literary work, soon attained a reputation as one of the chief representatives of the modern drama.
- ISBN10 1421905620
- ISBN13 9781421905624
- Publish Date 1 May 2005 (first published 23 February 2004)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 23 October 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint IndyPublish.com
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 572
- Language English