Knowra Else Lasker-Schüler Else Lasker-Schüler Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945) was a German poet, playwright, and prose writer associated with Expressionism. Her imaginative poetry includes the collection Hebrew Ballads .
German Expressionism : An early twentieth-century movement that used distorted forms and heightened expression to convey subjective experience. Lasker-Schüler was a major literary voice in this movement.
Hebrew Ballads : Else Lasker-Schüler’s 1913 poetry collection, which reimagines biblical figures and stories. This collection is among her best-known works and exemplifies her biblical poetic imagination.
Herwarth Walden : A German writer, art dealer, and publisher who founded the avant-garde journal Der Sturm . He was Lasker-Schüler’s second husband and a key figure in Berlin’s avant-garde.
The Blue Rider Almanac : A 1912 publication associated with the Munich-based avant-garde group Der Blaue Reiter. Its interdisciplinary modernist setting parallels the artistic networks in which she worked.
Nazi persecution of Jews : The systematic exclusion, dispossession, deportation, and murder of Jews under Nazi rule. Nazi persecution forced Lasker-Schüler to leave Germany in 1933.
German poetry : Poetry written in the German language across different periods, regions, and literary traditions. Her work belongs to this broad literary tradition.
My Blue Piano : A 1943 poetry collection by Else Lasker-Schüler, published in Jerusalem during her exile. Its poems reflect her late writing after leaving Germany.
Franz Marc : A German Expressionist painter known for colorful animal paintings and cofounding Der Blaue Reiter. Marc was her friend, and she mourned him in poetry after his death in World War I.
Der Sturm : A German avant-garde journal and gallery founded by Herwarth Walden in 1910. The journal and gallery helped present Expressionist writing and art in her Berlin milieu.
German Jewish refugees in Palestine : German-speaking Jewish people who sought refuge in British Mandate Palestine, especially during Nazi rule. She settled in Jerusalem after exile from Germany.
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