Max Herrmann-Neisse

Portrait of Hermann-Neisse by Max Glauer

Max Herrmann-Neisse (also Max Hermann, 23 May 1886, Nysa – 8 April 1941, London) was a German expressionist writer.[1]

He was a childhood friend of fellow writer Franz Jung. He was also a personal friend of the painter George Grosz, who portrayed him twice, in 1925 and 1927.

Following the German Revolution of 1918–1919 he was sympathiser with the Communist Workers Party of Germany (KAPD).[2]

  1. ^ "Exchange: Porträt Max Herrmann Neisse". exchange.umma.umich.edu. University of Michigan. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ^ Fähnders, Walter; Rector, Nartin (1971). Literatur im Klassenkampf; zur proletarisch-revolutionären Literaturtheorie 1919-1923,. Munich: C. Hanser. ISBN 3446114882.