Lili von Braunbehrens
Lili von Braunbehrens (born September 11, 1894 in Berlin-Charlottenburg , † October 16, 1982 in Bad Nauheim ) was a German poet .
Life
Braunbehrens was the daughter of a Prussian officer and from childhood almost blind. During the First World War, the family lived in Frankfurt am Main, where Braunbehrens studied singing. Her father helped the painter Max Beckmann , who was convalescing in Frankfurt after a nervous breakdown, with his discharge from the army, and Beckmann made friends with the officer's daughter, who was then 20 years old.
At his urging, the Munich publisher Piper published a volume with 20 of her poems, to which Beckmann contributed seven lithographs .
Works
- City night. 7 lithographs by Max Beckmann for poems by Lili von Braunbehrens. Piper, Munich 1921.
- Figures and poems around Max Beckmann. Crüwell-Schropp, Dortmund 1969.
- If the moon has betrayed you, take a handful of stars. Poems 1967 - 1970. With an afterword by Heinz Vahlbruch. Collispress, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-87189-017-0 .
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
- City night in the MoMA collection
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Braunbehrens, Lili von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Charlottenburg |
DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1982 |
Place of death | Bad Nauheim |