biography
pronunciation:
[loe(r)kuhe]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1884–1941)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Jungen near Marienwerder, Germany. He studied German and music in Berlin, and joined the publishing house of S Fischer as an editor. Through his poetry and literary criticism he became an influential literary figure. His poetry emphasizes the insignificance and transience of human life in comparison with the enduring quality of nature, as in Wanderschaft (1911), Die heimliche Stadt (1921), Der längste Tag (1926), and Der Wald der Welt (1936). He was awarded the Kleist-Preis in 1913. |
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