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Georg Busse-Palma
1876–1915
A wandering, self-taught German poet, he wrote with an outsider’s eye and first drew notice with the 1899 collection Lieder eines Zigeuners. His short life left behind poems and prose marked by restlessness, longing, and a bohemian streak.
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Abendfalter : Geschichten der Sehnsucht
by Georg Busse-Palma
About the author
Born as Georg Paul Busse on June 20, 1876, in Lindenstadt near Birnbaum in the Prussian Province of Posen, he later became known as Georg Busse-Palma. He was the half-brother of the writer Carl Hermann Busse, but his own path was notably unsettled and independent.
Biographical reference works describe him as largely self-taught. He left home early and traveled through countries including Belgium, France, Austria, and Italy, experiences that fed the roaming, unconventional mood often associated with his writing.
He first attracted wider attention with Lieder eines Zigeuners in 1899. Busse-Palma died on February 14, 1915, in Teupitz, ending a brief career that still stands out for its sense of movement, yearning, and literary individuality.