Ernst Toller (December 1, 1893 - May 22, 1939) was a German Communist playwright. He was born in Samotschin, Posen. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... // Events January-March January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. ... Communism refers to a theoretical system of social organization and a political movement based on common ownership of the means of production. ... A playwright is someone who writes for the theatre. ... Jak = Jaktorowo; Kol = Kolmar; Lin = Lindenwerder; Mar = Margonin; Sam (S) = Samotschin (town); Sam (L) = Samotschin (rural area) KM=www. ... The Province of Posen (German: Provinz Posen, Polish: Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of Prussia ( 1846- 1918). ...

He lived some years at Heidelberg, Theaterroad. Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

Toller was involved in the 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic along with other leading anarchists, such as B. Traven and Gustav Landauer, and communists. This republic was short-lived and was defeated by right-wing forces. He was imprisoned for his part in the revolution. 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... HA HA HA!!!! ... B. Traven (d. ... Gustav Landauer (7 April 1870 in Karlsruhe, Germany — 2 May 1919 in Munich, Germany) was a German anarchist and revolutionary who was involved in establishing the short-lived Bayerische Räterepublik (Bavarian Soviet Republic) and serving as its Commissioner of Enlightenment and Public Instruction in April of 1919. ...

Toller moved to New York City in 1936 where he later committed suicide. The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ...

Works

• Die Wandlung, 1919
• Masse Mensch, 1921
• Die Maschinenstürmer, 1922
• Hinkemann (org. Der deutsche Hinkemann), Uraufführung 19. September 1923
• Hoppla, wir leben, 1927
• Feuer aus den Kesseln, 1930
• Eine Jugend in Deutschland, 1933 (Autobiography), Amsterdam
• Briefe aus dem Gefängnis, 1935, Amsterdam
• I was a German, 1934, (Autobiography), New York

1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... An autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Books

• Tankred Dorst: Toller, edition suhrkamp, Suhrkamp Verlag, ISBN 351810294X
• Ernst Toller: Eine Jugend in Deutschland, ISBN 3499141787
• Werner Fuld/Albert Ostermaier(Hrsg.): Die Göttin und ihr Sozialist: Gristiane Grauthoff - ihr Leben mit Ernst Toller, Weidle Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN: 3-931135-18-7

His plays have been recently translated into English by Alan Pearlman. Alan Pearlman is an American Theater Director and Translator, now residing in the UK. He was co-Director of The Open Space Theatre in London. ...

See also

• literature in exile
• refugee

Exile is a form of punishment. ...

External links

• Thera are some Toller-Texts on the Internet. Links of Helmut Schulze.
• http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/TollerErnst/index.html
• Links
• Ernst Toller in the Daily Bleed Calendar