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Gottfried Benn
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Gottfried Benn was a German poet and novelist who lived from 1886 to 1956 and is considered an important figure in modern German literature. His work is notable for its experimental style and exploration of themes like alienation and the human condition, making him significant to the development of twentieth-century literary modernism.
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Vinony's link graph records 390 inbound references to Gottfried Benn, and connects out to Nazism, pathology and University of Marburg.
It sits within the topics 1886 births, 1956 deaths and 20th-century German essayists.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1886
- Died
- 1956
- Works
- 196
Top works
- Betäubung
- Etappe. --
- Briefe
- Der Vermessungsdirigent
- Widmung in die "Gesammelten Schriften" für Klabund
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1886
- Active to
- 1956
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 211
- Total plays
- 2,676
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,873x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Pembrolizumab versus Chemotherapy for PD-L1–Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
· 2016 · cited 8,648x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,999x
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Quotes
- “Den Ich-zerfall, den süßen, tiefersehnten,Den gibst Du mir: schon ist die Kehle rauh,Schon ist der fremde Klang an unerwähntenGebilden meines Ichs am Unterbau.”
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Key facts
- Born
- 2 May 1886, Mansfeld , German Empire
- Died
- 7 July 1956 (aged 70), West Berlin , West Germany
- Education
- Marburg University , Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin
- Alma mater
- Kaiser Wilhelm Academy ( MD )
- Occupations
- Physician , pathologist , poet
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- gottfriedbenn.de
- Image
- Bundesarchiv-Bild-183-1984-1116-500,-Gottfried-Benn-Arzt-und-Schriftsteller cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gottfried Benn
- date of birth
- 1886-05-02
- date of death
- 1956-06-07
- name in native language
- Gottfried Benn
- start of work period
- 1886-00-00
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
Gottfried Benn (2 May 1886 – 7 July 1956) was a German poet, essayist, and physician. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1951.
Biography and work
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