Max Herrmann-Neisse

Born in 1886 in Neisse, then part of Germany, he became known as a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and theater critic. He was active in Berlin’s literary world in the early 20th century and is often associated with German Expressionism.

After the Nazi rise to power in 1933, he went into exile in London. That break from Germany became central to his later writing, which often reflects loss, memory, and the strain of living far from home.

He died in 1941. Although not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, he remains an important voice in German exile literature, remembered for combining emotional intensity with clarity and restraint.