person
Else Lasker-Schüler
Lasker-Schüler
also: Else Lasker-Schüler
German-Jewish Expressionist poet (1869–1945), a leading figure of Berlin Expressionism. Sebastian im Traum contains a poem dedicated to her, marking Trakl's solidarity with the Expressionist avant-garde beyond Austria.
Reading notes
- Sebastian in Dream §46 Else Lasker-Schüler in veneration
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German-Jewish Expressionist poet; Trakl dedicated 'Occident' to her in an act of literary kinship — both were visionary outsiders in the Expressionist orbit, though they never met in person.