Hopperman is a famous German playwright who has written 42 scripts, more than 20 short novels, more than 10 poems, fairy tales, legends, has also translated Shakespeare's works and wrote three autobiographies, is the rarest multi-production writer in German history and a multi-talented literary master.

Hopperman was born on November 15, 1862 in Obel-i-Salzburg, Silesia, his father was a hotel owner, his grandfather was a weaver. His student life was hard. He studied painting and sculpture in Brest and Rome, and in 1884 he moved to the University of Berlin. He had been engaged in the fields of history, philosophy, natural sciences and other fields, acquainted with Darwinism and read Marx's writings. He loved the works of Leila, Ibsen and Tolstoy, and under the influence of these literary masters, he began to take the path of literary creation.

When Hoptmann began his literary creation, naturalistic literary thought was rising in Germany. He was a member of the News Agency, a group of German naturalist poets. His first play, Before Sunrise, is a masterpiece of naturalistic literature. At the end of the 19th century, the German workers' movement rose, Bismarck was forced to cancel the "Anti-Social Democrats Act", and the Social Democrats won the election. The growth of proletarian power had an impact on progressive bourgeois literature, and Hoptmann also embarked on the road of realism under the impetus of this huge political trend. He created a series of excellent realistic plays such as Otter Skin, Hansel the Coachman and Flame. In particular, his play "The Weaver", which was based on the Silesian Weavers Uprising in 1844, has epoch-making significance. For the first time, the oppressed and exploited workers in the script stepped onto the stage as heroes. The script points out to people that keeping one's place can only lead to the murder of the enemy. Only by fighting is the only way to survive. Lenin attached great importance to this script in the preparatory stage of the 1905 revolution. Lenin personally reviewed the translation of The Weaver.

When World War I began, Roman Roland, a French philosopher, wrote to him asking him to criticize the war, but he refused. After Hitler came to power in Germany, he did not see the fascist nature of the Third Reich in a timely manner. Over time, he gradually recognized Hitler's nature. But when he recognized the trends of history, he was overwhelmed. On July 28, 1946, the master of literature resigned with the world. But he left a wealth of writings and made a huge contribution to German literature and world literature. He a high reputation around the world.