About the book: 1959 / The life of the great German poet of the 19th century, Heinrich Heine, was rich and meaningful. As a child, he saw Napoleon and the Napoleonic armies that occupied his native Dusseldorf, he studied at the best German universities, listened to lectures by the famous philosopher Hegel, he had a chance to see Goethe and talk with him, he was friends with the Russian poet F. I. Tyutchev and with many outstanding German writers, artists, actors, musicians. Heine spent the last twenty-five years of his life in Paris, where he moved in the circle of such outstanding people as Balzac, George Sand, Chopin, Musset. In the forties, during a significant time of European revolutions, Heine became a friend of the young Karl Marx. The first half of the 19th century, filled with great historical events, provided abundant material for the work of Heinrich Heine - lyric poet, thinker, political satirist, publicist, playwright, critic. In the book Alexander Deitch's “Harry from Düsseldorf” presents the reader with the entire life of Heinrich Heine, full of passionate struggle and creative feat. We live together with the poet in Germany, England, Italy, France of his time, we breathe the air of his era, we participate in literary and political battles, imbued with love and respect for the ardent, witty and deep man and poet, the creator of the world-famous “Book of Songs” "and the satirical poem "Germany. Winter's Tale».