Max Herrmann-Neisse (1886 - 1941)

Max Herrmann-Neisse (also Max Hermann, 23 May 1886 – 8 April 1941) was a German expressionist writer. Following the German Revolution of 1918–1919 he was sympathiser with the Communist Workers Party of Germany (KAPD). In 1933, shortly after the Nazis came to power, the poet decided to emigrate. He settled in London. He was deprived of German citizenship by the Nazis, and his works were not translated into English, despite repeated requests. The poems of this period of his work became classics of German émigré poetry.