Wolfram von Eschenbach (1168–1220) was, with von Aue {see planet  (9908)} and Gottfried von Strassburg, one of the greatest poets of medieval times. Beginning as a song writer, he later wrote three great epics: Parzifal, with the fragmentarian Gralsepos of Chréstien de Troyes as a basis, and the two unfinished works Titurel and Willehalm. (M 34356) _ _.