Heinrich Leopold Wagner (19 February 1747 – 4 March 1779) was a German dramatist. Wagner was born in Strasbourg and is chiefly known for his 1776 tragedy The Child Murderess. He died, aged 32, in Frankfurt. Works Prometheus, Deukalion und seine Rezensenten, 1775 Der wohltätige Unbekannte, 1775 Die Reue nach der Tat, 1775 Neuer Versuch über die Schauspielkunst, 1776, a translation of Louis-Sébastien Mercier's Du Théâtre ou nouvel essai sur l'art dramatique Leben und Tod Sebastian Silligs Die Kindermörderin, 1776 Briefe, die Seylersche Gesellschaft betreffend, 1777 Evchen Humbrecht oder Ihr Mütter merkts Euch!, 1778, a reworking of Die Kindermörderin 1747 births 1779 deaths Writers from Strasbourg Alsatian-German people German male dramatists and playwrights 18th-century German dramatists and playwrights French writers in German 18th-century French male writers