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Wolfram von Eschenbach (died around 1220) was a German knight and poet, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of his time. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry.

Little is known of Wolfram's life. From his name it can be determined he was born in Eschenbach in Bavaria, near Ansbach, and it is known that he served at a number of courts in his life. It is also known that he was illiterate, because in Parzifal he says that his work was recorded by dictation .

Wolfram is best known today for his Parzifal , sometimes regarded as the greatest of all German epics from that time. It is the first extant work in German to have as its subject the Holy Grail, and it has been suggested that Wolfram derived much of the story from Chretien de Troyes' Comte del Graal . Wolfram, however, suggested that a poet from Provence called Kyot was a more important source. Little is known about Kyot, and it has even been suggested that he did not in fact exist.

Parzifal was the main source Richard Wagner used when writing the libretto to his operaCharles Garnier's Opera, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. The drama is presented using the typical elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting. However, the words of the opera,, ParsifalParsifal is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. First production, Bayreuth, 1882. This opera is founded on Wolfram von Eschenbach's medieval epic Parzifal''. Plot :Place, country and castle of Montsalvat and Klingsor's magic palace. Herzeleide, of t. Wolfram himself appears as a character in another Wagner opera, Tannhäuserquattrocento for soft-core High Culture. Tannhauser in a figure in German legend and the title of an opera by Richard Wagner. Legend According to German legend, Tannhauser was a knight and poet, who found the Venusburg, or subterranean home of Venus..