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Else Lasker-Schüler

1869 - 1945

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Else Lasker-Schüler (née Elisabeth Schüler) (German: [ˈɛl.zə ˈlas.kɐ ˈʃyː.lɐ] ; 11 February 1869 – 22 January 1945) was a German poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her poetry. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler, who was Jewish, fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Else Lasker-Schüler is the 1,334th most popular writer (up from 1,423rd in 2019), the 1,410th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,493rd in 2019) and the 87th most popular German Writer.

Lasker-Schüler was most famous for her poetry, which often focused on the themes of love and death.

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Among writers, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 1,334 out of 7,302. Before her are Henri Murger, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Widukind of Corvey, Walter M. Miller Jr., Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, and Dag Solstad. After her are Hans Urs von Balthasar, Barbara Cartland, Arnold van Gennep, Bharata Muni, Diana Gabaldon, and Nora Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 45. Before her are Élie Cartan, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Carl Schuhmann, Max Hoffmann, Gaetano Bresci, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta. After her are Vasily Bartold, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Hans Pfitzner, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Alfred Flatow, and Louise d'Orléans. Among people deceased in 1945, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 98. Before her are Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Josef Čapek, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Fritz Klein, Hans Kammler, and Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger. After her are Albrecht Penck, Roza Shanina, Bernhard Rust, Georg Kaiser, Walter Bradford Cannon, and Philipp Bouhler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 1,410 out of 7,253. Before her are Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752), Arthur Scherbius (1878), Leopold Gmelin (1788), August Grisebach (1814), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), and Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803). After her are Arnold van Gennep (1873), Hans Werner Henze (1926), Alfred Krupp (1812), Axel Honneth (1949), Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), and Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 87. Before her are Theodor Storm (1817), Kurt Tucholsky (1890), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Widukind of Corvey (925), and Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752). After her are Arnold van Gennep (1873), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Georg Kaiser (1878), Wilhelm Weitling (1808), and Hartmann Schedel (1440).

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