Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist mawaƙin Jamus ne, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo, kuma marubuci wanda ya rayu a ƙarshen 18th da farkon ƙarni na 19. An fi saninsa da ayyukansa na soyayya, wanda sau da yawa yakan bincika jigogi na mutum da ke rikici da al'umma da kuma duniyar halitta. Wasu daga cikin shahararrun ayyukansa sun haɗa da wasan kwaikwayo "The Broken Jug" da kuma novella "Michael Kohlhaas." Von Kleist kuma an san shi da rayuwarsa mai cike da damuwa, kuma ya mutu ta hanyar kashe kansa yana da shekaru 34.