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Alfred Lichtenstein was born on the 23rd August 1889, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. He grew up in Berlin before studying law at Erlangen in Bavaria. A writer in the Expressionist style his poems and stories are short but beautifully honed works. His tragically curtailed life allowed only a small part of his talents to rest with us. Undoubtedly a full life would have given the world a very gifted literary force.

Alfred Lichtenstein was born on the 23rd August 1889, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. He grew up in Berlin before studying law at Erlangen in Bavaria. A writer in the Expressionist style his poems and stories are short but beautifully honed works. His tragically curtailed life allowed only a small part of his talents to rest with us. Undoubtedly a full life would have given the world a very gifted literary force.

Der expressionistische Lyriker Alfred Lichtenstein hat auch Prosastücke geschrieben - Grotesken, in denen er sich über einige seiner Bekannten und sich selbst lustig machte. In seinem Text "Café Klößchen" porträtierte er sich selbst als buckliger Kuno Kohn; Lutz Laus und sein Dackel sind natürlich Karl Kraus und seine Zeitschrift "Die Fackel".