Biographie Gottfried Benn
Gottfried Benn (2 mai 1886 în Mansfeld, Brandenburg - 7 iulie 1956 în Berlin) a fost un doctor, poet și eseist german.
Se recunoaste azi ca Benn nu este numai unul dintre marii poeti germani ai vremii, alaturi de Rilke, George, Trakl ci poate celk mai influent, pentru ca a sintetizat o intreaga epoca si un intreg curent.
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Born: 2-May-1886
Birthplace: Mansfeld, Germany
Died: 7-Jul-1956
Location of death: Berlin, Germany
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Dahlem Waldfriedhof, Berlin, Germany
Gender: Male
Religion: Lutheran
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet, Author
Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot
Military service: German Army (WWI)
Wife: (#1, d. 1914)
University: University of Marburg
University: Medicine, Kaiser Wilhelm Academy, Berlin
Georg Büchner Prize 1951
Author of books:
Morgue und andere Gedichte (1912, poetry)
Fleisch (1917, poetry)
Statische Gedichte (1948, poetry)
Doppelleben (1950, memoir, "Double Life")
Primal Vision (1961, collection, translated to English)
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