Max Herrmann-Neisse

From 1905 to 1909 he studied literature at the Universities of Munich and Breslau, but did not complete the course, deciding to become a freelance writer.

[1] In 1914, he published his first collection of poetry, She and the City, for which ten years later he was awarded the Eichendorf Literary Prize.

During this time, he actively communicated with Berlin writers belonging to socialist and anarchist circles.

While most of his texts were influenced by Expressionism, in 1925 his collection of short stories Die Begegnung shows his interest in the New Objectivity.

[3] By the end of the 1920s, Hermann-Neisse became one of the most famous literary men in Berlin; in 1927 he was awarded the prestigious Gerhart Hauptmann Prize.

He was deprived of German citizenship by the Nazis, and his works were not translated into English, despite repeated requests.