(1862–1946), German playwright. An early pioneer of naturalism, he is known for Before Sunrise (1889) and The Ascension of Joan (1893). Nobel Prize for Literature (1912).
Definition of Hauptmann, Gerhart in US English:
Hauptmann, Gerhart
proper nounˈhouptˌmän
(1862–1946), German playwright. An early pioneer of naturalism, he is known for Before Sunrise (1889) and The Ascension of Joan (1893). Nobel Prize for Literature (1912).