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Ernst Blass
1890–1939
A vivid voice of early German Expressionism, this Berlin writer brought sharp feeling and urban energy to his poetry, criticism, and essays. He moved in the restless literary circles of the 1910s and left work that still captures the mood of a changing age.
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Die Gedichte von Sommer und Tod
by Ernst Blass
About the author
Born in Berlin on October 17, 1890, Ernst Blass was a German poet, critic, and writer associated with early Expressionism. He was part of the circle around Der Neue Club in Berlin and was closely connected with figures such as Kurt Hiller, Georg Heym, and Jakob van Hoddis.
Blass became known especially for his early poetry, including Die Straßen komme ich entlang geweht (1912), and also wrote literary, dance, and film criticism. He contributed to the magazine Die Aktion and published under the pseudonyms Daniel Stabler and Erich Sternow.
He spent most of his life in Berlin, where he died on January 23, 1939. Though less widely known today than some of his contemporaries, he remains an important voice in the first wave of German Expressionist literature.