Rose Ausländer
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Key facts
- Born
- Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer , ( 1901-05-11 ) May 11, 1901, Czernowitz , Duchy of Bukovina , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- January 3, 1988 (1988-01-03) (aged 86), Düsseldorf , West Germany
- Occupation
- poet, newspaper editor, bank clerk, foreign correspondent
- Language
- German, English, Yiddish, Hebrew
- Citizenship
- German, Romanian, US
- Genres
- expressionism, Neue Sachlichkeit, modern poetry
- Subjects
- nature, homeland, shoah , love and death
- Years active
- 1921–1986
- Notable works
- Blinder Sommer
- Spouse
- Ignaz Ausländer (October 19, 1923 – 1931)
- Partner
- Helios Hecht (1927 – 1934)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rose
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Romania
- Place of birth
- Chernivtsi
- Place of death
- Düsseldorf
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Chernivtsi University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Rose Ausländer.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Rose Ausländer
- date of birth
- 1901-05-11
- date of death
- 1988-01-03
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- Art+Feminism
- name in native language
- Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
- writing language
- German
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Encyclopedic overview
Rose Ausländer (born Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer; May 11, 1901 – January 3, 1988) was a Jewish poet writing in German and English. Born in Czernowitz in the Bukovina, she lived through its tumultuous history of belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Kingdom of Romania, and eventually the Soviet Union. Rose Ausländer spent her life in several countries: Austria-Hungary, Romania, the United States, and West Germany.
Biography
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