Gottfried Benn

Gottfried Benn
Gottfried Benn in 1934
Born2 May 1886
Mansfeld, German Empire
Died7 July 1956 (aged 70)
West Berlin, West Germany

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.[1] He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1951.[2]

  1. ^ "Nomination Database". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  2. ^ "Gottfried Benn". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Retrieved 12 November 2023.