Gottfried Benn

Birth: 1886-05-02 , Putlitz

Death: 1956-07-07 , Berlim Ocidental

Gottfried Benn was a German physician and poet, a prominent figure of German Expressionism. His poetic work, marked by a strong existential charge and the exploration of the body, illness, and death, often challenged the aesthetic and moral conventions of his time. Benn went through various stylistic phases, from the dark and fragmented lyricism of his early poems to a more philosophical and hermetic poetry. His literary career was interrupted and reoriented several times due to political and personal upheavals, but his legacy as one of the most important and controversial poets of the 20th century in Germany is undeniable.

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1951

Georg Büchner Preis

The Georg Büchner Prize is one of Germany's most prestigious literary awards, presented annually to authors writing in German for works that stand out for their artistic quality and cultural relevance. It is considered a mark of excellence in contemporary literature.

Crises of expression and spasms of eros: that’s the man of today, the inside a vacuum, the continuity of personality provided by his suit, which with stout cloth might be good for ten years.

Change and Transformation Consciousness and Self-Knowledge

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