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Gottfried Benn
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Gottfried Benn was a German poet, physician, writer, essayist, and novelist. Born in Putlitz in 1886, he died in West Berlin in 1956 from cancer. He participated in World War I and World War II. His works include *Betäubung*, *Etappe. --*, *Briefe*, *Der Vermessungsdirigent*, and *Widmung in die "Gesammelten Schriften" für Klabund*. He was a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
Benn was associated with the Expressionism movement and spoke German. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and received the Georg Büchner Prize. His unmarried partner was Else Lasker-Schüler. He is buried at Waldfriedhof Dahlem.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1886
- Died
- 1956
- Works
- 196
Top works
- Betäubung
- Etappe. --
- Briefe
- Der Vermessungsdirigent
- Widmung in die "Gesammelten Schriften" für Klabund
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Key facts
- Born
- 2 May 1886, Mansfeld , German Empire
- Died
- 7 July 1956 (aged 70), West Berlin , West Germany
- Education
- Marburg University , Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin
- Alma mater
- Kaiser Wilhelm Academy ( MD )
- Occupations
- Physician , pathologist , poet
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gottfried
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Putlitz
- Place of death
- West Berlin
- Occupation
- author
- Educated at
- University of Marburg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Movement
- Expressionism
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- gottfriedbenn.de
- Image
- Bundesarchiv-Bild-183-1984-1116-500,-Gottfried-Benn-Arzt-und-Schriftsteller cropped.jpg
- Work location
- Frankfurt (Oder)
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- place of burial
- Waldfriedhof Dahlem
- Commons category
- Gottfried Benn
- date of birth
- 1886-05-02
- date of death
- 1956-06-07
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- unmarried partner
- Else Lasker-Schüler
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- ethnic group
- Germans
- cause of death
- cancer
- name in native language
- Gottfried Benn
- start of work period
- 1886-00-00
- archives at
- Academy of Arts, Berlin
- P8168
- Medallion
- writing language
- German
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Encyclopedic overview
Gottfried Benn (2 May 1886 – 7 July 1956) was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1951.
Biography and work
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