Else Lasker-Schüler (née Elisabeth Schüler) (German: [ˈɛl.zə
ˈlas.kÉ ËˆÊƒyË .lÉ ] (listen); 11 February 1869 â€" 22 January 1945)
was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian
lifestyle in Berlin and her unique poetic genius. She was one of the
few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler
fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in
Jerusalem.[1][2]Schüler was born in Elberfeld, now a district of
Wuppertal. Her mother, Jeannette Schüler (née Kissing) was a central
figure in her poetry; the main character of her play Die Wupper was
inspired by her father, Aaron Schüler, a Jewish banker. Her brother
Paul died when she was 13.Else was considered a child prodigy because
she could read and write at the age of four. From 1880 she attended
the Lyceum West an der Aue. After dropping out of school, she received
private lessons at her parents' home.In 1894, Else married the
physician and occasional chess player Jonathan Berthold Lasker (the
elder brother of Emanuel Lasker, a World Chess Champion) and moved
with him to Berlin, where she trained as an artist. On 27 July 1890
her mother died, her father followed 7 years later. On August 24,
1899, her son Paul was born and her first poems were published. She
published her first full volume of poetry, Styx, three years later, in
1902. On 11 April 1903, she and Berthold Lasker divorced and on 30
November, she married Georg Lewin, artist, and founder of the
Expressionist magazine Der Sturm. His pseudonym, Herwarth Walden, was
her invention.
ˈlas.kÉ ËˆÊƒyË .lÉ ] (listen); 11 February 1869 â€" 22 January 1945)
was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian
lifestyle in Berlin and her unique poetic genius. She was one of the
few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler
fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in
Jerusalem.[1][2]Schüler was born in Elberfeld, now a district of
Wuppertal. Her mother, Jeannette Schüler (née Kissing) was a central
figure in her poetry; the main character of her play Die Wupper was
inspired by her father, Aaron Schüler, a Jewish banker. Her brother
Paul died when she was 13.Else was considered a child prodigy because
she could read and write at the age of four. From 1880 she attended
the Lyceum West an der Aue. After dropping out of school, she received
private lessons at her parents' home.In 1894, Else married the
physician and occasional chess player Jonathan Berthold Lasker (the
elder brother of Emanuel Lasker, a World Chess Champion) and moved
with him to Berlin, where she trained as an artist. On 27 July 1890
her mother died, her father followed 7 years later. On August 24,
1899, her son Paul was born and her first poems were published. She
published her first full volume of poetry, Styx, three years later, in
1902. On 11 April 1903, she and Berthold Lasker divorced and on 30
November, she married Georg Lewin, artist, and founder of the
Expressionist magazine Der Sturm. His pseudonym, Herwarth Walden, was
her invention.
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