This year, in a solemn ceremony to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of the classic of Turkmen literature Makhtumkuli Fragi and a new cultural and park complex of the capital was opened in his honor in the foothills of Kopetdag. It is symbolic that this large-scale object, in addition to the majestic monument to Makhtumkuli, includes an alley of famous poets and thinkers from various countries and eras, which underlines its importance in the context of friendship of peoples and the unity of the cultural heritage of mankind. There are 24 monuments on the territory of the park complex. World-famous writers and poets from around the world.

The editors of the Golden Age considered it right, if possible, to acquaint the reader, especially children and youth, with the life and work of outstanding personalities whose monuments adorn Makhtumkuli Alley. This is also important because some of the geniuses of their time represented here have visited Turkmenistan. By publishing information about them, "SV" does not pretend to provide complete coverage of materials about a particular person, especially since many of them have been reported after a long period of time.

However, not much information has been preserved. Our short story today is about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German poet, playwright, novelist, encyclopedic scholar, statesman, theater director and critic Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in 1749 in a merchant town In Frankfurt am Main, in what is now the Goethe Museum.

As a child, Johann attended a public school, then his father, having hired tutors, he taught his son, providing comprehensive home education: German, French, Latin, Greek, Yiddish, Hebrew, English, Italian, natural sciences, drawing. The training program also included playing the piano and cello, horseback riding, fencing and dancing.

Thanks to his mother, Johann came into contact with the world of literature through fairy tales. In 1765, Johann went to the University of Leipzig to study law. Back then, Leipzig was a developed city and was called "Little Paris." A little bit later Goethe is engaged in the practice of law in Frankfurt, but he considers journalistic activity to be important for himself. Goethe's early poetry is written in the tradition of Anacreontic lyrics (a genre performed to the sound of a lyre). The genre was named after the ancient Greek lyricist. Anacreonta. The lightness of the content and form, the musicality of the poems ensured popularity and a wide range of admirers. The poet's first collection of poetry was published in 1769. Turning to the theme of his era, Goethe wrote such plays as "Clavigo", "Stella", "Citizen General". The decoration of the creative world Goethe's novels "The Years of Wilhelm Meister's Teaching" and "The Years of Wilhelm Meister's Wanderings" become famous. However, most Goethe's famous creation is his tragedy Faust, which he worked on all his life.

Goethe also writes ballads, in which he touched on love relationships and sought, according to critics, "to comprehend the mysteries of the universe, to look into the abyss." Along with literary activity, Goethe was seriously engaged in in natural sciences, he published a number of works: on comparative morphology of plants and animals, on physics (optics and acoustics), mineralogy, geology and meteorology.

In early March 1832, while walking in an open carriage Goethe caught a cold: catarrh of the upper respiratory tract, presumably, a heart attack and a general weakening of the lungs led to his death on March 22, 1832. Goethe is a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. A crater on Mercury and the mineral goethite are named after the poet.