Gottfried benn biography channel

German essayist, short story writer and expressionist poet Date of Birth: 02.05.1886 Country: Germany

Content:

1. Gottfried Benn: An Expressionist Icon and Critic of Nazism
2. Rise to Fame as an Expressionist Poet
3. Ambivalence Towards Nazism
4. Conflict with the SS and Literary Censorship
5. World War II and Post-War Suppression
6. Death and Legacy

Gottfried Benn: An Expressionist Icon and Critic of Nazism

Early Life and Education

Gottfried Benn, a German essayist, novelist, and Expressionist poet, was born in Putlitz on May 2, 1886, to a Lutheran pastor.

Before pursuing theology at the University of Marburg and medicine at Berlin's Military Medical Academy, he attended schools in Sellin and Frankfurt an der Oder.

Rise to Fame as an Expressionist Poet

Benn rose to prominence as an Expressionist poet before World War I, publishing a controversial collection of poems entitled "Morgue" in 1912, which depicted the physical decay of corpses and was condemned b