Berta Lask

Berta Lask
Berta Jacobsohn-Lask
Born17 May 1878
Wadowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died28 March 1967
Berlin, East Germany
Other namesGerhard Wieland (pseudonym)
Occupation(s)Author
Dramatist
Journalist
Political partyKPD
SED
SpouseLouis Jacobsohn (1863–1940)
Children3 s, 1 d
Parent(s)Leopold Lask (1841–1905)
Cerline Lask (?-1921)

Berta Lask (17 November 1878 – 28 March 1967) was a German writer, playwright and journalist.[1] She joined the Communist Party in 1923 and much of her published work is strongly polemical.[2]

Sources identify her under several different names. Between her marriage to Louis Jacobsohn in 1901 and 1917 she used, for some purposes, the name Berta Jacobsohn. After the death of both her brothers in law, the couple changed their name to Jacobsohn-Lask. She also wrote under the pseudonym "Gerhard Wieland".[3]

  1. ^ "Berta Lask". Handbuch der Deutschen Kommunisten. Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. ^ Agnes Cardinal & Judith Hattaway (selection and editorial aspects); Dorothy Goldman (editorial aspects) (1999). Berta Lask (1878-1967) (Introductory note to a piece of writing by Berta Lask). Oxford University Press. p. 320. ISBN 0-19-812280-2. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Bernd-Rainer Barth. "Lask, Berta (Ps. Gerhard Wieland) geb. Jacobsohn [sic- though this is incorrect] (eigtl. Jacobsohn-Lask) * 17.1.1878, † 28.3.1967 Schriftstellerin". Wer war wer in der DDR?. Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin & Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin. Retrieved 14 May 2016.