Dichtungen

by Alfred Lichtenstein

Alfred Lichtenstein (1889-1914) was a popular German author. This work is a collection of his best known Prose works. "A man walked back and forth in his torn slippers In the small room He inhabited. He thought about the events About which he was informed by the evening paper. And sadly yawned, the way only that man yawns Who has read much that is strange- And the thought suddenly overcame him, Like a timid person who gets gooseflesh, And the way the person who stuffs himself Starts to burp, Like a mother in The great yawn might perhaps be a sign, A nod from fate, To lie down to rest. And the thought would not leave him. And then he began to undress... When he was stark naked, he lifted something. "

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First published April 1, 2008

About the author

Alfred Lichtenstein (1889 - 1914) was a German expressionist writer.

He grew up in Berlin as the son of a Jewish manufacturer. He studied law in Erlangen and started publishing poetry and short stories in a grotesque style. In 1914, he fell at the front in World War I.

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[Episodenfisch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lichtensteins teilweise großartigen Gedichte (Die Operation!, Capriccio!) werden leider durch seine Frauenverachtung in den Schatten gestellt: Vom "Frauen stopfen" ist oft die Rede, oder vom "Appetit auf Dirndl", dazu das Couplet über Lene Levi, die von 7 "geilen Männern" in den Tod getrieben wird.
Seinen eigenen Tod wünschte sich Lichtenstein indes so: "Ich bin inmitten. Irgendwo. Und blicke / Versunken und sehr ernsthaft, etwas blöde, / Doch ziemlich überlegen auf die raffinierten, / Himmelblauen Beine einer Dame, / Während mich ein Auto so zerschneidet, / Daß mein Kopf wie eine rote Murmel / Ihr zu Füßen rollt ... // Sie ist erstaunt. Und schimpft dezent. / Und stößt ihn
Hochmütig mit dem zierlich hohen Absatz / Ihres Schuhchens / In den Rinnstein –"