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Not to be confused with Stefan Georg, the linguist.

Stefan George "#$#%&Stefan Anton George"#' July #()( * + ecem-er #$..& was a Germanpoet,editor,andtranslator/0ontents[hide]# 1iography' Work'/# as neue 2eich. 3nfluence+ 4nline te5ts6 1i-liography

) Studies7 2eferences( 85ternal links[edit] 1iographyGeorge was -orn in 1ingenin Germanyin #()(/ He spent time in 9aris, where he was among thewriters and artists who attended the :uesday soire;s held -y the poet St;phane

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2eolutionary moement/ He was a homose5ual, yet e5horted his young friends to lead a celi-atelife like his own/[#][']

3n #$#+ at the start of the war he foretold a sad end for Germany, and -etween then and #$#) wrotethe pessimistic poemDer Krieg"The War&/ :he outcome of the war saw the reali=ation of his worstfears/

3n #$.. after theAa=itakeoer Joseph Goe--elsoffered him the presidency of a new Bcademy forthe arts, which he refused/ He also stayed away from cele-rations prepared for his )6th -irthday/3nstead he traelled to Swit=erland,where he died near >ocarno/Bfter his death, his -ody wasinterred -efore a delegation from the Aational Socialist goernment could attend the ceremony/[.]

[edit] WorkGeorgeCs poetry is characteri=ed -y an aristocraticand remote ethosD his erse is formal in style,lyricalin tone, and often arcane in language, -eing influenced -yGreekclassicalforms, in reoltagainst the realisttrend inGerman literatureat the time/ 1elieing that the purpose of poetry wasdistance from the worldEhe was a strong adocate of art for artCs sake EGeorgeCs writing hadmany ties with the FrenchSym-olistmoement and he was in contact with many of itsrepresentaties, including St;phane

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9erhaps the most eminent poet who colla-orated with George, -ut who ultimately refusedmem-ership in the 0ircle, was Hugo on Hofmannsthal, one of BustriaCs outstanding literarymodernists/ >ater in life, Hofmannsthal wrote that no one had influenced him more deeply thanGeorge/ :hose closest to the @ore M Sa-ine 2i--eck "'%%%&/ Stefan-George-Bibliogra+hie 0123-0112. 4it Nachtrgenbis 0123. uf der Grundlage der Bestnde des Stefan-George-rchi5s in der Wrtte"bergischenandesbibliothe#/ :N-ingen Aiemeyer/Goldsmith, Olrich "#$6#&/ Stefan George and the theatre/ Aew Lork :he anguageBssociation "9>P3'&/Goldsmith, Olrich "#$6$&/ Stefan George/ stud( of his earl( wor#/ 1oulder Oniersity of0olorado 9ress "Oniersity of 0olorado Studies Series in >anguage and >iterature 7&/Goldsmith, Olrich "#$7%&/ Stefan George/ Aew Lork 0olum-ia Oniersity 9ress "8ssays on

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