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Walter Hasenclever
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German poet and playwright (1890–1940)
OverviewAI-generated
Walter Hasenclever was a German writer, playwright, poet, and screenwriter. Born in Aachen in 1890, he was educated at the University of Oxford and spoke German. His professional output included works such as *Antigone Tragödie in 5 Akten*, *Sohn; ein Drama in Fünf Akten*, and *Risikoverschiebung bei der rückversicherung*. He also participated in World War I.
Hasenclever died by suicide via poison in 1940 at the Les Milles concentration camp. He is recognized as a victim of the Holocaust. His archives are held at the German Literature Archive Marbach.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 22
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Robert — 1. Lehrer1966
- Brüder1923
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Walter Georg Alfred Hasenclever , ( 1890-07-08 ) 8 July 1890, Aachen , Germany
- Died
- 22 June 1940 (1940-06-22) (aged 49), Les Milles , France
- Occupation
- Poet, Playwright
- Nationality
- German
- Literary movement
- Expressionism
- Notable works
- The Son (1914)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Aachen
- Place of death
- Les Milles concentration camp
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- The Son
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Walter Hasenclever by Hugo Erfurth, 1917.jpg
- Significant event
- Holocaust victim
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- Commons category
- Walter Hasenclever
- date of birth
- 1890-07-08
- date of death
- 1940-06-21
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- poison
- name in native language
- Walter Hasenclever
- archives at
- German Literature Archive Marbach
- P8168
- NU'EST
- subject has role
- Holocaust victim
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Walter Hasenclever, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Walter Georg Alfred Hasenclever (8 July 1890 – 22 June 1940) was a German Jewish Expressionist poet and playwright. His works were banned when the Nazis came to power and he went into exile in France. There he was imprisoned as a "foreign enemy". He died in Les Milles (Camp des Milles) near Aix-en-Provence.
Early life
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