Richard Dehmel

Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (born November 18, 1863 in Wendisch-Hermsdorf, Mark Brandenburg; died February 8 1920 in Blankenese, now part of Hamburg) was a German poet and writer.

Literary work

Dehmel is considered one of the foremost German poets of the pre-World War I era. His poems were set to music by composers like Richard Strauss, Max Reger, Arnold Schönberg and Kurt Weill, or inspired them to write music. Dehmel's main theme was "love and sex (Eros)", which he conventionalized as a power to break free from middle class bounds.

Related Topics:
World War I - Richard Strauss - Max Reger - Arnold Schönberg - Kurt Weill - Eros

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