Emil Orlik: The poet Klabund, Lithography from 1915

Alfred Henschke (November 4, 1890 – August 14, 1928), better known by his pseudonym Klabund, was a German writer. Emil Orlik (July 21, 1870 - September 28, 1932) was born in Prague and lived and worked there, in Austria and in Germany ]]. He was a painter, an etcher and lithographer. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ...

Life

Klabund, born Alfred Henscke in 1890 in Krossen, was the son of an apothecary. At the age of 16 he came down with tuberculosis, which the doctors initially misdiagnosed as pneumonia. The illness stayed with him for the rest of his short life. Krosno Odrzańskie (German: ) is a city in Western Poland with 12,500 inhabitants (2002), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship (since 1999), previously part of Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975-1998). ... Link title Interior of an apothecarys shop. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the mycobacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium_bovis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... It has been suggested that CURB-65 be merged into this article or section. ...

After he completed his Abitur (roughly equivalent to graduating from high school), which he completed with the highest marks in 1909 in Frankfurt (Oder), he studied chemistry and pharmacology in Munich. He soon, however, changed his plans and studied philosophy, philology, and theater in Munich, Berlin, and Lausanne. He had already encountered Bohemianism in Munich through the theater scholar Artur Kutscher, and through others he came to know Frank Wedekind. In 1912 he quit his studies and took on the pseudonym Klabund. In the style of Peter Hille he took on the role of the vagabond poet. A first volume of poetry was published under the title Morgenrot! Klabund! Die Tage dämmern! (Dawn! Klabund! The Days Break!) The name Klabund goes back to a north- and northeast-German name and was devised by him and others as a combination of Klabautermann (a devious hobgoblin of German folklore) and Vagabund (vagabond). Abitur (from Latin abire = go away, go off) is the word commonly used in Germany for the final exams young adults (aged 18, 19 or 20) take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Frankfurt (Oder) ( Sorbian/Lusatian: Frankobord ) is a city in Brandenburg, Germany located on the Oder River, on the German-Polish border directly opposite the city of SÅ‚ubice. ... Chemistry (from Greek χημεία khemeia[1] meaning alchemy) is the science of matter at the atomic to molecular scale, dealing primarily with collections of atoms, such as gases, molecules, crystals, and metals. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon (φάρμακον) meaning drug, and logos (λόγος) meaning science) is the study of how substances interact with living organisms to produce a change in function. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich: St. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Lausanne is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France) and with the Jura hills to its north. ... The term Bohemian was used in the nineteenth century to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, actors in major European cities. ... Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 - March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Hobgoblin is a term typically applied in folktales to a friendly or amusing goblin. ...

In 1913 he came into contact with Alfred Kerr's Magazine PAN, though he continued to publish in the magazines Jugend (Youth) and Simplicissimus. Beginning in 1914 he worked with Die Schaubühne (The Show Stage) which later changed its name to Die Weltbühne (The World Stage). When World War I broke out, he greeted it excitedly and, not unlike many other writers of the time, wrote various patriotic poems. He was not drafted into the military due to the weakness of his lungs and, indeed, in these years he often had to spend time in Swiss sanatoria. During this time he began to develop an interest in far-eastern literature, which he began to translate and adapt from. Over the course of the war, Klabund's outlook changed and he became an opponent of the war. He even went so far as to publish in 1917 an open letter to Kaiser Wilhelm II in the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung calling for his abdication, as a result of which Klabund was charged with treason and insulting the Kaiser. Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Simplicissimus was a satirical German weekly magazine started by Albert Langen in April 1896 and published through 1944. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Die Weltbühne (english: the World Stage) was a German weekly magazine focused on politics, art, and business. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... The word draft (also draught) has multiple meanings: The draft is a synonym for conscription or peacetime national service. ... Sanatório Heliantia A sanatorium refers to a medical facility for long-term illness, typically cholera or tuberculosis. ... Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern (January 27, 1859 - June 4, 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia from 1888 - 1918. ... Zürcher Zeitung, No. ... Traitor redirects here. ... Kaiser is the German title meaning Emperor. ...

In 1918 he married Brunhilde Herberle, whom he had met in a sanatorium for lung patients. She died later that year after complications from a premature birth. 1918 also saw the publication of Klabund's most popular prose piece, the novel Bracke. Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

in 1920 Klabund dedicated a short romantic novel Marietta to his girlfriend and muse Marietta di Monaco. Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... In Greek mythology, the Muses (Greek , Mousai: from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- think, from which mind and mental are also derived[1] are nine goddesses who embody the right evocation of myth, inspired through remembered and improvised song, traditional music. ...

In 1923 he married actress Carola Neher. Then in 1925, his play Der Kreidekreis (The Chalk Circle), based on a Chinese story, was first put on in Meißen. The Berlin performances of the play later that year achieved great success; (Bertolt Brecht later adapted the play into his Kaukasischer Kreidekreis (The Caucasian Chalk Circle)). In the following years, Klabund wrote regularly for cabarets, for example for Schall und Rauch (Noise and Smoke). His folksy poems and songs achieved great popularity. 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Meißen, internationally most known for porcelain, is a town of approximately 35,000 near Dresden on the river Elbe in the State of Saxony in the southern part of eastern Germany. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Caucasian Chalk Circle is one of Bertolt Brechts most important plays and one of the most regularly performed German plays. ...

In May 1928, during a stay in Italy, he fell ill with pneumonia, which, together with his never quite cured tuberculosis, was life-threatening. He was brought to Davos for treatment, but he died shortly thereafter. He was buried in Krosno Odrzańskie and was eulogized by his friend and fellow writer Gottfried Benn. A star on the Kaberett Walk of Fame in Mainz is dedicated to him. Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... It has been suggested that CURB-65 be merged into this article or section. ... Davos viewed from air Davos is a town in eastern Switzerland, in the canton of Graubünden, on the Landwasser River. ... Gottfried Benn (May 2, 1886 – July 7, 1956) was a German essayist, novelist and expressionist poet. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...

Works

Klabund completed 25 plays and 14 novels—several of which were published only after his death—numerous short stories, many adaptations, and also several works on the history of literature. Between 1998 and 2003 a collection of his works appeared in 8 volumes. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ... This article is in need of attention. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External Links

• Works by and about Klabund in the German National Library catalogue(Catalog of the German National Library German)
• http://www.klabund.de/ (German)
• http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/autoren/klabund.htm (German)
• Free downloads of 2 audiobooks of Klabund's in German: total 19 minutes, 17.5 MBs

This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of January 10, 2007. The German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) was established in 1990 during the German reunification by merging the Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig (founded 1912, later the national library of East Germany) and the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt (founded 1947, later the national library of West Germany). ... The German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) was established in 1990 during the German reunification by merging the Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig (founded 1912, later the national library of East Germany) and the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt (founded 1947, later the national library of West Germany). ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...