biography
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Liliencron, Detlev von
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originally Friedrich Adolf Axel Freiherr von Liliencron
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pronunciation:
[lilienkron]
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| lived:
| (1844–1909)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Kiel, N Germany. An officer in the Prussian army, he retired from active service and spent some time in the USA before returning to Germany as a civil servant. A pioneer of Naturalism, he wrote melodious nature poetry and love poetry full of vivid imagery, notably Adjustantenritte und andere Gedichte (1883), Gedichte (1889), and Bunte Beute (1903), employing a variety of technical forms. His writing exerted a great influence on the poets at the turn of the century. He also wrote ballads and novellas, reminiscent of Ivan Turgenjew, and short stories about war. His autobiography Leben und Lüge (1908) is important both historically and as a piece of literature. |
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