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born 2 May 1886 in Mansfeld died 7 July 1956 in Berlin |
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| 1903– 1905 | studies theology and medicine |
| 1911 | works as a physician at the Infantry regiment Prenzlau |
| 1912- 1913 |
physician at Berlin hospitals; publication of poetry collections “Morgue” and “Söhne” |
| 1914- 1917 |
during World War I physician in occupied Brussels |
| 1917– 1931 | opens practice in Berlin, publications (among others) “Fleisch”, “Collected Poems” and “Collected Prose” |
| 1932 | elected member of the Prussian Arts Academy |
| 1933– 1938 | initially supports National Socialism; an SS magazine attacks a publication “Selected Poems”; subsequently officially banned from writing |
| 1943 1945 | illegal publication of “Zweiundzwanzig Gedichte 1936-1943” |
| 1945 | suicide of his wife, returns to Berlin, works as physician |
| 1948- 1949 | publications of poems, essays and prose and the autobiography “Doppelleben” |
| 1950 | awarded Georg-Büchner Prize |
