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Carl Ehrenstein
1892–1971
An Austrian expressionist writer, poet, and translator, he built a life between Vienna and London and helped carry literature across languages. His work ranged from fiction and poetry to cultural criticism and literary agency, giving him a distinctive place in 20th-century German-language letters.
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Klagen eines Knaben
by Carl Ehrenstein
About the author
Born in Vienna on September 9, 1892, he was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator who later settled in England. He is often linked with German-language Expressionism, and his career moved across several literary roles rather than staying in just one.
Before fully establishing himself in literary life, he trained in economics and worked in insurance companies and banks. He moved to England in 1922, where he worked as a translator from English and Danish and also served as a literary agent for English- and German-speaking authors and publishers.
His life and work connected different literary worlds: Vienna's early 20th-century modernism, exile and migration, and the practical business of bringing books from one language to another. He died in the London Borough of Bromley on January 10, 1971.