biography
pronunciation:
[yahn]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1894–1959)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Stellingen near Hamburg, N Germany. He was a poet, organ restorer, and hormone researcher, who founded the neo-pagan group Glaubensgemeinde Ugrino in 1920. His early poetry was influenced by Rilke and Büchner, and he gained recognition as a writer with his play Pastor Ephraim Magnus (1919). Notable works include the play Armut, Reichtum, Mensch und Tier (1948) and the trilogy Fluß ohne Ufer (1949, 1950, 1961), which shows a search for meaning in the modern world. |
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