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Where was the hub of Expressionist poetry?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which poetry anthology did Kurt Pinthus edit?

    Answer: Menschheitsdämmerung

    Why: By 1999, Rowohlt alone had printed 164,000 copies of the anthology.

  2. 2 Medium

    Which instrument is in the title of Lasker-Schüler's last poetry book?

    Answer: Piano

    Why: Her farewell collection, Mein blaues Klavier, came out in 1943 in an edition of only 330 copies.

  3. 3 Hard

    What verse form did Georg Heym use for his poem 'Berlin II'?

    Answer: Sonnet

    Why: Heym also wrote Marathon, a whole cycle of sonnets that was published after his death, in 1914.

  4. 4 Easy

    Whose pen name is an anagram of his real surname, Davidsohn?

    Answer: Jakob van Hoddis

    Why: Herwarth Walden is a pen name too, but it came from Thoreau's book Walden, not from an anagram.

  5. 5 Medium

    What did Georg Trakl train to become?

    Answer: Pharmacist

    Why: When World War I began, Trakl served with the Austro-Hungarian army as a field pharmacist.

  6. 6 Hard

    Who invented the pen name 'Herwarth Walden'?

    Answer: Else Lasker-Schüler

    Why: She coined it for her husband Georg Lewin, whom she married in November 1903.

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