- August Stramm
August Stramm (
July 29 ,1874 –September 1 ,1915 ) was a Germanpoet andplaywright who is considered one of the first of theexpressionist s. He also served in the German Army and was killed in action duringWorld War I .He worked in the German Post Office Ministry as a young man and served his mandatory year of duty in the German Army in 1896–1897. After this, he travelled to the
United States several times over the next few years before settling inBerlin . In 1915–1913, he wrote two plays, "Sancta Susanna" (which was subsequently used as a libretto for an early opera by Hindemith) and "Die Haidebraut", the first of many to appear before the war.Stramm was also a
reservist in the German Army and had achieved the rank of Captain, the highest available to civilians. He was called toactive duty when war broke out in August 1914. In January 1915, Stramm was awarded theIron Cross (Second Class) for his service inFrance . Later that year, he was sent to the Eastern Front, where he served as Company Leader, later being promoted to Battalion Commander. He was killed in hand-to-hand combat inHorodec .A collection of his poems, titled "Dripping Blood", was published after his death in 1915.
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war poet External links
* [http://www.poemhunter.com/august-stramm/poet-38311/ August Stramm biography and poems]
* [http://lyrik.antikoerperchen.de/august-stramm-patrouille,textbearbeitung,63.html Analysis of "Patrouille"] (German)
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