Elisabeth Joest
Elisabeth Joest (born Elisabeth Krüger ; born July 19, 1893 in Karlsruhe , † after 1927) was a German writer.
Joest's father was the judicial secretary of the Grand Ducal Baden , first in Karlsruhe, later in Heidelberg . When she was 9 years old, her mother died. At the age of 11, she began to write absolutely non-child poems, for example:
Difficult times
Everything is your Highness
An hour ago , smiling faces
I am ostracized. -
Someone
speaks of poison and broken youth.
I remember. -
Another continent
lights up on the geographical map
behind the black board . -
And I'm laughing!
Between 1918 and 1920 she published poetry and prose in the expressionist literary magazines Die Flöte und Saturn . In 1919 a volume of short stories was published by Georg Müller Verlag in Munich . In the 1920s she made articles under the name Elisabeth Joest-Krüger in the Berliner Tagblatt and the Frankfurter Zeitung .
Works
- Jens Palmström. Novellas. Georg Müller, Munich 1919.
- Constellation in the early firmament. Poems. Coburg 1920.
- The boy's yew bouquet. Stories. Sponholtz, Hanover 1920.
- The death sentence. Prose. F. Schneider, Berlin-Schöneberg 1920.
- Vibrations. Novel. Georg Müller, Munich 1920.
literature
- Hartmut Vollmer (ed.): The sun dances its way to death in red shoes. Poetry by expressionist female poets. Arche, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7160-2164-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Elisabeth Joest in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Julius Kühn: Elisabeth Joest-Krüger. In: The flute. Vol. 1, H. 7, October 1918, pp. 103-107
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joest, Elisabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joest-Krüger, Elisabeth; Krüger, Elisabeth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1927 |