Else Lasker-Schüler
Else Lasker-Schüler | |
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Else Lasker-Schüler shortly after her first marriage | |
| Born | Elisabeth Schüler 11 February 1869 |
| Died | 22 January 1945 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Poet |
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. 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.