Yvan Goll
Yvan Goll | |
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Goll in 1932 | |
| Born | Issac Lang 29 March 1891 |
| Died | 27 February 1950 (aged 58) |
| Occupation | Poet, Librettist, Playwright |
| Citizenship | German; American from 1945 |
| Education | studied jurisprudence at the University of Strasbourg, 1912–14; University of Lausanne, 1915–18 |
| Period | 1914–1950 |
| Literary movement | Expressionism, Surrealism |
| Spouse | Claire Studer née Aischmann (1921–1977) |
Yvan Goll (also written Iwan Goll, Ivan Goll; born Isaac Lang; 29 March 1891 – 27 February 1950) was a French-German poet who was bilingual and wrote in both French and German. He had close ties to both German expressionism and to French surrealism.