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Gustav Sack
1885–1916
A promising early German expressionist, he wrote poetry, plays, and fiction with youthful intensity before his life was cut short in World War I. His posthumous work helped secure his place in the literary scene of the 1910s.
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About the author
Born in Schermbeck in 1885, Gustav Sack was a German writer, poet, and dramatist associated with early Expressionism. Some of his work also appeared under the pseudonym Ernst Schahr.
He studied at several universities without completing a degree, and his writing began to attract wider notice only after his death. A strongly autobiographical novel from his student years was published posthumously, helping introduce more readers to his work.
Sack died in Romania in December 1916 while serving during World War I. Because his life ended so early, his reputation rests on a small body of work, but he is still remembered as a distinctive voice from a turbulent moment in German literature.