Gottfried Benn Biography
May 2, 1886 – July 7, 1956
Gottfried Benn was a German essayist, novelist, and expressionist poet. A doctor by profession, he was an early admirer and later a critic of the National Socialist revolution. Benn exerted a significant literary influence on German verse immediately before and after the NS regime. His work continues to explore the complex intersections of art, science, and politics.
