Else Lasker-Schüler

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Overview

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Else Lasker-Schüler born Elberfeld, Rhineland, Germany February 11, 1869 (d. 1945). German Expressionist poet, playwright, “Queen of Berlin” (Claire Goll); wrote pacifist novel Der Malik during war, published 1919; arrested 4 times 1914 for showing off in gala war costume.

Quotations

“[Malik refused war, loyal to a ruler] who had attempted to bring about peace by fatherly love for his own people, and therefore also out of fatherly understanding for the foreign nations.” (Der Malik, p. 447 per Inca Rumold, “Der Malik”, Women in German Yearbook 14, p. 152; photo Wikipedia)