Alfred Lichtenstein (writer)
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Alfred LichtensteinAlfred Lichtenstein (* 23 August 1889 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf; † 25 September 1914 near Vermandovillers
, Somme
, France
) was a German
expressionist
writer
.
Lichtenstein grew up in Berlin as the son of a manufacturer. He finished a study of law in Erlangen. His was first recognized after publishing poems and short stories in a grotesque style, which recalls a friend of his, Jakob van Hoddis
.
Indeed, there were voices, claiming an imitation: while Hoddis created this style, Lichtenstein has enlarged it, was said. Lichtenstein played a little around with that reputation by writing a short story, called "The winner", which describes in a scurill way the by chance made friendship of two young man, wherein one falls victim to the other. By using false names he often joshes real persons of the Berlin 1920´th, including himself as Kuno Kohn, a silent shy boy; in "The winner" it is a caricatured - virile van Hoddis, who kills Kuno Kohn at the end of the story.
Lichtenstein liked the manner of the French writer Alfred Jarry
not only in his ironic writings, like him he rode his bicycle through the town. He did not get old: in 1914 he fell at the front in World War I.
Vermandovillers
Vermandovillers is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Vermandovillers is situated east of Amiens, on the D143 and D79 roads.-World War I – Battles at Vermandovillers:...
, Somme
Somme
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) was a German
Germans
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expressionist
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
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Lichtenstein grew up in Berlin as the son of a manufacturer. He finished a study of law in Erlangen. His was first recognized after publishing poems and short stories in a grotesque style, which recalls a friend of his, Jakob van Hoddis
Jakob van Hoddis
Jakob van Hoddis was the pen name of a German-Jewish expressionist poet Hans Davidsohn, of which name "Van Hoddis" is an anagram...
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Indeed, there were voices, claiming an imitation: while Hoddis created this style, Lichtenstein has enlarged it, was said. Lichtenstein played a little around with that reputation by writing a short story, called "The winner", which describes in a scurill way the by chance made friendship of two young man, wherein one falls victim to the other. By using false names he often joshes real persons of the Berlin 1920´th, including himself as Kuno Kohn, a silent shy boy; in "The winner" it is a caricatured - virile van Hoddis, who kills Kuno Kohn at the end of the story.
Lichtenstein liked the manner of the French writer Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarry
Alfred Jarry was a French writer born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the border of Brittany; he was of Breton descent on his mother's side....
not only in his ironic writings, like him he rode his bicycle through the town. He did not get old: in 1914 he fell at the front in World War I.