August Stramm

Playwright, Author

1874 – 1915

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Who was August Stramm?

August Stramm was a German poet and playwright who is considered one of the first of the expressionists. He also served in the German Army and was killed in action during World War I.

He worked in the German Post Office Ministry as a young man and served his mandatory year of duty in the German Army in 1896–1897. After this, he travelled to the United States several times over the next few years before settling in Berlin. In 1912-1913, he wrote two plays, Sancta Susanna and Die Haidebraut, the first of many to appear before the war.

Stramm was also a reservist in the German Army and had achieved the rank of Captain, the highest available to civilians. He was called to active duty when war broke out in August 1914. In January 1915, Stramm was awarded the Iron Cross for his service in France. Later that year, he was sent to the Eastern Front, where he served as Company Leader, later being promoted to Battalion Commander. He was killed in hand-to-hand combat in Horodec near Kobryn.

A collection of his poems, titled You was published in 1915 and a second, Dripping Blood, was published after his death in 1919.

English translations of poems by Stramm were published by Patrick Bridgwater and Jeremy Adler.

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Born
Jul 29, 1874
Münster
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Sep 1, 1915
Kobryn

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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