Hedwig Caspari
Hedwig Caspari (born as Hedwig Joseph May 1, 1882 in Berlin ; died August 22, 1922 there ) was a German writer of literary expressionism .
Life
From 1918 onwards, Hedwig Caspari published poems in the expressionist magazines Die Schöne Rarität , Saturn and Der Friede , in which she moved thematically in the world of the Old Testament. A first volume of poetry was published in 1919 and a dramatic work in 1920. She died of suicide in 1922, leaving behind two unpublished works ( Das Blut, a plot in 3 events and INRI ).
Works
- Elohim. Poems. Welt-Verlag, Berlin 1919.
- Solomon's waste. One act in 9 processes. Drama. Welt-Verlag, Berlin 1920.
literature
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Vol. 1, Czernowitz 1925, pp. 504–505.
- Caspari, Hedwig. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 5: Carmo – Donat. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-22685-3 , pp. 23-25.
- Caspar Battegay: Caspari, Hedwig. In: Andreas B. Kilcher (Ed.): Metzler Lexicon of German-Jewish Literature. Jewish authors in the German language from the Enlightenment to the present. 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02457-2 , pp. 102-104.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hedwig Caspari in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography
- Poems by Hedwig Caspari
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caspari, Hedwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joseph, Hedwig (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1922 |
| Place of death | Berlin |