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ELSE LASKER-SCHÜLER
(1869-1945)

"Psalmist of the German Avant-Garde"
(Walter Mehring)

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Table of Contents
Life and Work	Biographical Information	Bibliographies
	Poetry and other Texts	Archives
	Related Artists and Topics	Museums
Research and Reception	Articles and Reviews	Plays on Lasker-Schüler
	Notes on Books	Audio Material and Music
	Research Projects	Movies and Videos
	Scholarly Presentations	Literary Societies
Current Events
Current Events	For current events please go to the site of the Else Lasker-Schüler Society
Miscellany	Else Lasker-Schüler Award	Marginalia
	Other especially useful link collections are highlighted.
	Used Abbreviations: Lang.=language of linked site:D=Danish, G=German, E=English, F=French, Est=Estonian, FL=Flemish, I=Italian, NL=Dutch, NO=Norwegian, P=Portuguese, PL=Polish, S=Spanish, Ser=Serbian, T=Turkish, U=Ukrainian Colors: BW=black and white, Col=colored Others: Ed.=edited/Editor(s), Op=Opus

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION	Lang.	Table of Contents
Poet, writer and artist	E	Informative Web Site on Lasker-Schüler, which focuses on her Jewish background and the "Hebrew Ballads". With excerpts from an article by Sigrid Bauschinger.
Lasker-Schüler, Else. (1869 - 1945)	E	Biographical information, includes the English translation of the poem "Mein blaues Klavier" ("My blue Piano").
Curriculum Vitae	E	Chronology of Lasker-Schüler's life, including a list of publications and books in English. Provided by D. Dickerson.
Ich suche allerlanden eine Stadt	G	Vita, drawings, photographs, poems and other texts. Well edited web site. Provided by Hannah F. Liesong.
Bio-Bibliographical Information	G	Article from Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. 1992.
Long Vita	G	Biographical information, by the Museum of German History, Bonn.
Exil- Club	G	Biographical information, by the Else Lasker-Schüler Society (Wuppertal) and the Exil-PEN, London.
Else Lasker-Schüler	G	Biographical information, by a German Abitur Class, Hannah Arent Gymnasium.
Else Lasker-Schüler Link Collection	G	Link Page. Library FU Berlin (most links are included in the Info Page, though some other links can be found in addition).
Else Lasker-Schüler: Schriftstellerin	G	Biographical information, including a collection of links, by Exil-Archiv.de, Virtual Centre of the Persecuted Arts.
Else Lasker-Schüler	G	Biographical information, collection of links, articles and selected poems by Lasker-Schüler. Homepage of Karl Jürgen Skrodzki.
Auf Spurensuche in Berlin: Die Wohnsitze der Dichterin Else Lasker-Schüler	G	Else Lasker-Schüler's apartments in Berlin. Article from Neue Zürcher Zeitung, November 9, 2004.
"Else Lasker-Schüler, La Tragique."	F	"Une étoile a Weimar." Short article on Lasker-Schüler's life by Jean-Michel Palmier. Le Monde Diplomatique. June 1995, 20.
Else Lasker-Schüler	S	Biographical information, including a collection of pictures.
ELSE LASKER SCHUELER (Duitse Poëzie)	FL	Biographical information. Includes translations of selected poems.


POETRY AND OTHER TEXTS	Lang.	Table of Contents
Mon piano bleu	F	Critique Mon piano bleu, April 1995, provided by lire.fr
Ascolta	I	Translation of the poem "Höre!", Panta n.18 , 1999, Milano Bompiani.
Dolore Cosmico (Weltschmerz)	I	Transl.: Anonymus.
Literary correspondence with Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, 1912.	I	Else Lasker-Schüler, Meinem reinen Liebesfreund Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, in Mein Herz, ein Liebesroman mit Bildern und wirklich lebenden Menschen, München und Berlin 1912, trad. it. di Maura Del Serra, Al mio puro amico d'amore Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, in Ballate ebraiche e altre poesie, La Giuntina, Firenze 1985.
Mein Herz/ My Heart	E	A novel of love, with pictures and real, living people (1912), translated by Sheldon Gilman and Robert Levine.
Mutter/ Mother Eros/ Eros Mein Volk/ My People Ich weiss/ I know Weltende/ End of the World	G/E	Five poems, translated by Janine Marie Schwab.
Jacob and Esau	E	Poem from "Hebrew Ballads" (1914). Translated by Athena.
O ich möchte aus der Welt/ Oh let me leave this world Dem Barbaren/ To the Barbarian Siehst Du mich/ Can you see me Als ich Tristan kennen lernte/ When I met Tristan	G/E	Translations by Johannes Beilharz, from: Else Lasker-Schüler, Theben / Gedichte und Lithographien, Querschnitt-Verlag, Frankfurt/Berlin, 1923
Concert	E	Excerpt from "Concert", translated by Jean M. Snook. Please go to end of page.
A Love Song	E	Poem from "My Blue Piano". Please go to end of page.
Abschied/ Parting Moses und Josua/ Moses Heimweh/ Homesickness Mein Volk/ My People	E	Poems from "Hebrew Ballads". Translated by Durchslag, Audri and Jeanette Litman-Demeestere
Homesick An Old Tibetan Carpet Song of the Blessed	E	Selected Poems, provided by "Exquisite Corps".
O ich möcht aus der Welt/ Oh let me leave this world Dem Barbaren/ To the Barbarian	E	Poems by Else Lasker-Schüler in German and English translation. The poems are from: Else Lasker-Schüler , Sämtliche Gedichte, Kösel-Verlag, Munich, 1966. Copyright of English translation Johannes Beilharz 2001.
Afscheid	NL	Translation of the poem Abschied, by Menno Wigman.
Esther/ Ester Ruth/ Ruta	P	Translation of the poem "Esther" and "Ruth". Source: Baladas Hebraicas , Assírio & Alvim, 2002 - Lisboa, Portugal.
Mein Kind Weltschmerz Weltende Frühling Weltflucht	U	Poems from "Styx" and "The Seventh Day". Translated by Marta Tarnawska.


RELATED ARTISTS AND TOPICS	Lang.	Table of Contents
Gottfried Benn	G	Link collection, by Ulrich Goerdten, Freie Universität Berlin. A short biography can be found at the home page of the Gottfried-Benn-Society http://gottfriedbenn.de
Alexander von Bernus	G, E	Biographical information.
DADA	G	Searchable data base with information on periodicals such as "Die Aktion" and "Kampf", where Lasker-Schüler published some texts.
Richard Dehmel	G	Web Site of the Richhard Dehmel Society. Includes a downloadable pdf-version and an article on Lasker-Schüler by the magazin Bravo.
Expressionismus	G	Expressionism in the class room (Goethe Institute and McMaster University).
Friedrichshagener Dichterkreis	G	Short information on the main figures of the Berlin artist movement of Friedrichshagen.
Yvan Goll	G	Letter of Yvan Goll to Osip Kallenter from October 30, 1949. The webpage includes collection of links to Else Lasker-Schüler and biographical information about Goll.
Arie Goral	G	Short information on an exhibition, which presented works of the publisher, artist, and writer, who belonged to Lasker-Schüler's Exil circle "Kraal" in Jerusalem. The Ludwig Meidner-Archiv (Jewish Museum, Frankfurt a.M.) has a collection of his works.
Olaf Gulbransson	G	Biographical information. Related to the Munich journal Simplicissimus.
Henriette Hardenberg	E	Biographical information. Lasker-Schüler was one of her friends and wrote a poem about her.
Emmy Hennings	G	Biographical information, by Berliner Zeitung et al.
Wieland Herzfelde	G	Short information about the founder of the Berlin "Malik"-Publisher house, including a sound file from an interview, in which he mentioned Lasker-Schüler. There is also a sound file (for real player) with an interview available at dra: Gespräch mit Wieland Herzfelde über die Entstehung des Malik-Verlages 1917 (Ausschnitt: 1'34") Die Anfänge / Der Freundeskreis: Else Lasker-Schüler, Theodor Däubler / Wir machten nichts ohne gegenseitige Verständigung / "Ausschlaggebend aber waren: Heartfield, Grosz und ich." Gesprächspartner: Unbekannt. 18.12.1966 / DRA Berlin DOK 928 1/3; 8'00" .
Johannes Holzmann	G	A romatic rowdy: notes about life and work of the anarchist Senna Hoy, abstract to a book by Walter Fähnders. Lasker-Schuler dedicated some poems to Hoy and visited him during his last time, when he was a prisoner in Russia.
Oskar Kanehl	G	Brief Information on the Publisher of the "Wiecker Bote".
Karl Kraus	G	Vita in German by Hagalil.
Emanuel Lasker	E	Short biographical information on the chess master, who was one of Lasker-Schüler's relatives.
Abraham Stenzel	E	Description of the "Abraham Nahum Stencl Memorial Volume", special edition of Mendele: Yiddish literature and language 5.191 (1995). Includes a poem "Abraham Stenzel" by Else Lasker-Schüler.
"Der Sturm"	E	Description of Lasker-Schüler's friendship with Franz Marc, and the magazine "Der Sturm" in Berlin, by Naama Rokem.
Emil Oprecht, Verleger (1895-1952)	G	Exhibition on Lasker-Schüler's publisher during her exil. Zurich, September 18 - October 26, 2002.
Kurt Hiller	G	Webpage of the Kurt Hiller Gesellschaft.
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau	G	Exhibit on Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau at the Schloßmuseum Murnau, July 2 - November 2, 2003.
Schmidt-Rotluff	G	Bio-biographical information on the artist, who drew portraits of Lasker-Schüler.
Max Reinhard	G	Biographical information. Museum of German History, Bonn.
Georg Trakl	G	Works and links, by Stefan Neumann.
Herwarth Walden	G	Berlin Metropolis: Exhibition by the Jewish Museum.
Women Writers	G	Ariadne: database for Women Studies. Service of the Austrian National Library.


BIBLIOGRAPHIES	Lang.	Table of Contents
International Online Bibliography	E/G	Data base with search function. By Calvin N. Jones and Markus Hallensleben. Over 1700 updated references including keywords and information on the project.
Bibliography of secondary sources	G	Selected bibliography (1970 - Jan. 1996). By Reinhard Döhl, Universität Stuttgart.


NOTES ON BOOKS	Lang.	Table of Contents
Lasker-Schüler, "Hebräische Balladen." 1913.	G	Background information from KNLL, by the Museum of German History, Bonn.
Lasker-Schüler, "Ballate ebraiche e altre poesie." Editrice La Giuntina - Firenze	I	Short information by the publisher and reviews collected by the translator, Maura Del Serra.
Lasker-Schüler, "Three Plays: Dark River, Arthur Aronymus and His Ancestors, and I and I." Ed. Inca Rumold. Evanston, IL: Northwestern UP, 2005.	E	Information by the publisher.
Katrin Sieg. "Exiles, Eccentrics, Activists: Women in Contemporary German Theater." Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 1994.	E	The first book-length critical appraisal of the work of Marieluise Fleisser, Elfriede Jelinek, Erika Mann, Else Lasker-Schuler, Kerstin Specht, and Ginka Steinwachs. Information by the publisher.
Poems for the Millennium: Book of Modern & Postmodern Poetry. Ed by Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris. Volume One: From Fin-de-Siecle to Negritude. Berkeley: University of California Press 1995.	E	Table of Contents.
Klaiber, Roswitha: "Schriftbilder berühmter Frauen: Analyse und Interpretation." Königin Elisabeth I. von England, Maria Stuart, Königin der Schotten, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Else Lasker-Schüler, Virginia Woolf. Stuttgart: Hatje 1996.	G	Information by Ariadne Newsletter No.24.
Bischoff, Dörte: "Avantgarde und Exil." Else Lasker-Schülers Hebräerland. In: Claus-Dieter Krohn, Erwin Rotermund, Lutz Winckler and Wulf Koepke (Ed.): "Exil und Avantgarden." edition text + kritik, München. December 1998	G	Table of contents of the volume, as well as short information and link to a review. Another review in literaturkritik.de
Heather Valencia, "Else Lasker-Schüler und Abraham Nochem Stenzel: Eine unbekannte Freundschaft." Campus: Frankfurt a.M. 1995 [Iudaica Vol. 5]	G	Information by the Archiv Bibliographia Judaica.
Ernst Schürer and Sonja Hedgepeth (Ed., 1999): "Else Lasker-Schüler. Ansichten und Perspektiven/Views and Reviews." Francke: Tübingen.	G, E	Table of Contents.
Markus Hallensleben. "Else Lasker-Schüler: Avantgardismus und Kunstinszenierung." Francke: Tübingen 2000 [1999].	G	Short summary.
Calvin N. Jones. "The Literary Reputation of Else Lasker-Schüler: Criticism 1901-1993." Columbia SC: Camden House 1994	E	Information by the publisher. The book includes a comprehensive bibliography.
Vivian Liska. "Die Dichterin und das schelmische Erhabene. Else Lasker-Schülers "Die Nächte Tino von Bagdads." Francke: Tübingen 1998.	G	Short information by the publisher.
"Women Writers in German-Speaking Countries: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook." Edited by Elke P. Frederiksen and Elizabeth G. Ametsbichler. Greenwood Press.: Westport, Conn. 1998.	G	Information by the publisher, including short reviews and table of contents. The book includes an article on Lasker-Schüler, by G. Ametsbichler.
Christine Radde: "Else Lasker-Schülers Hebräische Balladen", Wissenschaftlicher Verlag: Trier 1998.	G	Information by the publisher.
Sprache - Identität - Kultur: Frauen im Exil. Ed. Claus-Dieter Krohn, Erwin Rotermund, Lutz Winckler, Wulf Koepke. An International Yearbook Exilforschung. Exition Text+Kritik: München 1998.	G	Includes an article by Andrea Krauß on "IandI": Die schwierige Wahrheit der Literatur. Über eine Randerscheinung des Schauspiels IchundIch von Else Lasker-Schüler. Short information and table of contents, by the publisher.
Wie eine Nilbraut, die man in dieWellen wirft. Ed. Britta Jürgs. Aviva: Berlin 2000.	G	Portraits of Expressionist Women Writers. Information by the publisher.
Else Lasker-Schüler-Jahrbuch zur Klassischen Moderne.	G	Table of contents (2003). Information on the the second volume of the "Else Lasker-Schüler Yearbook", by editors Dr. Lothar Bluhm and Dr. Andreas Meier, University of Wuppertal. (The first volume was published in October 2000.)
Kraus, Karl / Walden, Herwarth: "Feinde in Scharen. Ein wahres Vergnügen da zu sein." Briefwechsel 1909-1912 Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung Band 79, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2002.	G	Edited by George Avery. Letters include references on Lasker-Schüler. Short review from the SZ, by perlentaucher.de.
Hammer, Almuth: Erwählung erinnern. Literatur als Medium jüdischen Selbstverständnisses. Mit Fallstudien zu Else Lasker-Schüler und Joseph Roth. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004	G	Short information about the book.
Stefan Straub: Der Polemiker Karl Kraus. Drei Fallstudien. Tectum Verlag 2004	G	Information by the publisher.
Sigrid Bauschinger: Else Lasker-Schüler, Biographie. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2004.	G	Information by the publisher. Leseprobe at perlentaucher.de Reviews of the book: - "Eine Dichterin, die man ernst, aber nicht wörtlich nehmen sollte, Sigrid Bauschinger über Else Lasker-Schüler" by Ursula Homann (literaturkritik.de, 7/2004). - "Berliner Bettel-Boheme: Else Lasker-Schüler revisited" by Christiane Rösinger ( taz Berlin lokal Nr. 7420, 28.7.2004, p. 25) - "Die Jüdin, die Orientalin und das Urkind: Zwei Biografien über Else Lasker-Schüler - wie Tag und Nacht" (Die Berliner Literaturkritik, 26.10.04). More information here.
Else Lasker-Schüler, Franz Marc: Der Blaue Reiter präsentiert Eurer Hoheit sein Blaues Pferd.	G	Catalogue of the exhibit "Der Blaue Reiter präsentiert Eurer Hoheit sein Blaues Pferd" in the Staatsgalerie München, November 20, 1987 - January 31, 1988.
Falkenberg, Betty: Else Lasker-Schüler. A Life. McFarland & Comp., London 2003.	G	Short comparative review of the book.
An Unexpected Journey." Vrouw en Kunst. Woman and Art. Gynaika: Antwerpen.	NL	This bilingual book (Dutch/English) explores the fascinating world of productive and wilful women artists, including Lasker-Schüler. Short information by the publisher.
Caroline Tudyka: "L'EXIL D'ELSE LASKER-SCHÜLER (1869-1945)". L'Harmattan, 2001.	F	Short information by the publisher.


ARTICLES AND REVIEWS	Lang.	Table of Contents
Lasker-Schüler, Else: Hebräische Balladen Lasker-Schüler, Else: Else Lasker-Schüler. Werke und Briefe. Kritische Ausgabe. Band 4 in zwei Teilbänden. Band 4/1: Prosa 1921-1945. Nachgelassene Schriften. Band 4/2: Anmerkungen Lasker-Schüler, Else: Theben Lasker-Schüler, Else: Prosa, Das Hebräerland Lasker-Schüler, Else: Mein Herz Ein Liebesroman mit Bildern und wirklich lebenden Menschen	G	Perlentaucher.de - Reviews of Else Lasker-Schüler's works
Karl Jürgen Skrodzki's articles on Else Lasker-Schüler: "[...] DIE STÄRKSTE UND UNWEGSAMSTE LYRISCHE ERSCHEINUNG DES MODERNEN DEUTSCHLAND." Die "Kritische Ausgabe" der "Werke und Briefe" Else Lasker-Schülers Stand und Perspektiven der Arbeit Besprechung von: Jakob Hessing: Die Heimkehr einer jüdischen Emigrantin. Else Lasker-Schülers mythisierende Rezeption 1945 bis 1971 (Conditio Judaica 3). Tübingen: Max Niemeyer, 1993 Vom Schreiben und Zeichnen. Eine kleine Anthologie. Aus dem Prosawerk Else Lasker-Schülers zusammengestellt von Karl Jürgen Skrodzki	G	List of articles on Lasker-Schüler (via Karl Jürgen Skrodzki's homepage). Selected articles available online.
Gislinde Seybert (Hg.): Das literarische Paar - Le couple littéraire. Aisthesis Verlag, 2003.	G	Includes an article by Sigrid Bauschinger: "Ich bin Krieger mit dem Herzen, er mit dem Kopf." Else Lasker-Schüler und Herwarth Walden. Information by the publisher.
Irene Pieper: Modernes Welttheater. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2000.	G	Review by Daniela Hahn.
Raimund Dehmlow und Rolf Mader: "Ein Brief kommt nicht an - die Botschaft bleibt erhalten: Otto Gross und die Münchener Räterepublik". Archiv für die Geschichte des Widerstandes und der Arbeit, 2001, No. 16, S. 495-502.	G	Lasker-Schuler is mentioned in Erich Mühsam's diary as part of the Munich Boheme circle. She met him with Guste Ichenhäusers and Emmy Hennings at the "Simplicissimus" on May 8, 1911.
Birgit Schulte: "Die Grenzen des Frauseins aufheben ...". Milly Stegers androgyne Selbstinszenierung im Spiegel eines poetischen Portraits von Else Lasker-Schüler.	G	Article on the sculpterer Milly Steger. Homepage of the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum. Includes list of autor's publications and CV, among others on Else Lasker-Schüler.
Der Malik. Briefroman von Else Lasker-Schüler. (dtv) Besprechung von Hartmut Ernst.	G	Review of Lasker-Schüler's novel The Malik. Homepage http://www.literatur-fast-pur.de/hartmuts_rezis.html
Else Lasker-Schüler. "Concert." Translation by Jean M. Snook. Lincoln/London: University of Nebraska Press 1994	E	Review by "The Babel Guide to German Fiction in English Translation".
Edward Hirsch: Poet's Choice.	E	Article on Else Lasker-Schüler in the Washington Post on October 31, 2004.
Sigrid Bauschinger: "Else Lasker-Schüler on The Lost Bridge Between Jews and Christians"	E	Article from the collection Textures and Meanings: Thirty Years of Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Essays edited by Leonard H. Ehrlich, Shmuel Bolozky, Robert A. Rothstein, Murray Schwartz, Jay R. Berkovitz, James E. Young. (as PDF file to download).
Reinhard Döhl. "Ansätze und Möglichkeiten künstlerischen Dialogs und dialogischer Kunst." Ein Überblick. Vortrag. Wien 1996	G	Paper with references to the correspondence between Lasker-Schüler and Franz Marc. Online Version. First published in "Fune." Vol.86-88.
Mariatte C. Denman: Review of Helga Kraft. Ein Haus aus Sprache. Dramatikerinnen und das andere Theater. (Stuttgart: Metzler Verlag, 1996). WiG Book Reviews Online. Spring 1997.	E	Review on Kraft's study on Modern German Women Playwrights.
Judith Adler: "Neuentdeckte Briefe Else Lasker-Schülers an Anni Moller aus den Jahren 1943/44." Institut für Textkritik e. V., Heidelberg 1999.	G	Link to downloadable pdf-file.
Peter von Matt. "Die verdächtige Pracht: Über Dichter und Gedichte." München, Wien: Hanser 1998	G	Review. The book contains interpretations of Lasker-Schüler's poetry.
Aihong Jiang: Yi-jing in der Lyrik Else Lasker-Schülers.Göttingen: Cuvillier 2000.	G	Review in Querelles-net 3 / February 2001. By Dr. Dorothee Dauber.
Else Lasker-Schüler/Franz Marc: Mein lieber, wundervoller blauer Reiter. Artemis & Winkler Verlag, Düsseldorf 1998.	G	Short review by Christian Berger, enthusiastic, but not very precise. (Something you normally find at an on line bookseller's.)
The Undead. By Leslie Epstein. Review of NOSFERATU. By Jim Shepard. The New York Times, April 12, 1998.	E	Including a quote of >>the half-crazed poet Else Lasker-Schuler. However outlandish she may appear in these pages -- she is almost preternatural in her instinct for scandal -- in real life she made the single most sensible remark about poetics since Aristotle: ''A true poet does not say 'azure'; a true poet says 'blue.' ''<<
Ruth Brin: New Translations Catch Feeling of Else Lasker-Schüler's Poetry	E	Review of Star in My Forehead: Selected Poems by Else Lasker-Schüler. Translated by Janine Canan, Holy Cow! Press, Duluth, 2000. Source: American Jewish World 9/2000.
Else Lasker-Schüler: "In Theben geboren." Suhrkamp, 1998.	G	Review. (sandammeer.at - magazin for virtual literature).
Robert Erdmann: "Wer war Else Lasker-Schüler"	G	Article to download (PDF file). Published in "Der Literat" 46.3 (2004). Via Exil-Archiv.de
Sigismund von Radecki "ERINNERUNGEN AN ELSE LASKER-SCHÜLER"	G	Article to download (PDF file). Via Exil-Archiv.de
R.L.: "Uta Grossmann untersucht die Fremdheit in Else Lasker-Schülers Prosa"	G	Review of the published dissertation by Uta Grossmann: "Fremdheit im Leben und in der Prosa Else Lasker-Schülers" Oldenburg 2001 (Literatur- und Medienwissenschaft; Bd. 82) (zugl. Diss. Universität Frankfurt 2001). Source: literaturkritik.de 5 (2003).
Uta Grossmann: "Die Sehnsucht ist: Messias. Vielleicht. Auf den Spuren von Else Lasker-Schüler in Jerusalem."	G	Article from Frankfurter Rundschau, 28.1.2000. Scroll down to the middle of the page.
Cosima Lutz: "Gesichter zu Buchstaben: Wie flaniert es sich mit literarischen Reiseführern durch Berlin? Die Spurensuche einer Spurensuche"	G	Review of Breitseite Berlin. Literarische Streifzüge. Patmos, 2004. Source: Die Welt, 21.07.2004.
Morten Karsteiner: "Es raunt, es tönt"	G	Review of the play "Sternstunden des Expressionismus" at the Dortmunder Theater, based on texts by Georg Kaiser, Lasker-Schüler, Sternheim and Trakl. Source: taz Nr. 7473, 28.9.2004, p. 16.
Lasker-Schüler "Die Wupper"	G	Information about the play "Die Wupper" by Else Lasker-Schüler, biographical information, link collection and book list.
Stefan Keim: "Wupper von Else Lasker-Schüler: Das erste Theaterstück der Elberfelderin."	G	Review of the play "Die Wupper". Source: Die Welt, 22.09.2004. Also published in Die Deutsche Bühne Online. There are 6 other reviews of Die Wupper production by Wuppertaler Bühnen (Sep 19, 2004). The production generated a debate among Lasker-Schüler experts, according to Ulrich Klan's comments to the "IandI" production at the Theater Dortmund (2004) as well.


RESEARCH PROJECTS	Lang.	Table of Contents
Dissertations on Else Lasker-Schüler	G	List of dissertations on Lasker-Schüler, by Christine Radde, Berlin.
Arbeitsstelle Else Lasker-Schüler-Edition, Bergische Universität Wuppertal. The Franz Rosenzweig Research Centre, Jerusalem.	G E	Critical edition of the works and letters Else Lasker-Schüler's. Research Project. Already published: "Werke und Briefe." Kritische Ausgabe. Suhrkamp, Jüdischer Verlag. Frankfurt am Main 1996- . Vol.1 Poems. (Textbook Edition. 2004) Vol.2 Plays. Vol.3. Prose 1903-1920. Vol.4 Prose 1921-1945. Posthumous Writings. Vol.5 Das Hebräerland. Vol.6 Briefe 1893-1913. Vol.7 Briefe 1914-1924. Vol.8 Briefe 1925-1933. Ed. by Norbert Oellers, Heinz Rölleke, and Itta Shedletzky. Review of Vol.1-5 in AUFBAU, June 27, 2002, by Sigrid Bauschinger. Comparative Review of Vol.3 in literaturkritik.de No.2 (2000), by Geret Luhr. Reviews of Vol.6 at perlentaucher.de and Deutschlandfunk, Nov 7, 2003.
Irene Pieper. "Das Welttheater der Moderne unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Dramas IchundIch von Else Lasker-Schüler."	G	Dissertation abstract. Project at Graduiertenkolleg "Religion und Normativität." Universität Heidelberg. Published.
Dr. Eva Schulz-Jander: Spuren des Exils in den späten Texten von Else Lasker-Schüler	G	Research project at the University Kassel. Description of the research workgroup (Interdisciplinary Gender Studies).
Uta Hartwig: Exillyrik	G	Teaching material. Literature class project on German exile poetry for the 9th grade. Includes texts by Heine, Brecht, Lasker-Schüler, Sachs.


SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS	Lang.	Table of Contents
Andreas Meier (Wuppertal): Das 'dreidimensionale Archiv'. Am Beispiel des Else-Lasker-Schüler-Online-Archivs zur Klassischen Moderne	G	Paper, presented at Deutscher Germanistentag, October 2001. Proposal which stresses the need of a digital Lasker-Schüler archive.
Almuth Hammer, M.A.: (Selbst-)Inszenierung und Grenzüberschreitung - Else Lasker-Schüler.	G	Seminar description. University of Gießen. Summer Term 1998.
Johannes Binotto. Ein Prototyp: Else Lasker-Schüler - Dichterin in der Metropole Berlin um 1900. Ein Referat im Rahmen des Seminars 'Kulturszene Wien-Berlin 1900: Die Genese der Moderne', gehalten am 19.5.2000.	G	Seminar paper, presented on May 19, 2000.
María L. Barbero. Mutterschreie: Vergleich zweier Elegien von Else Lasker-Schüler und Rosalía de Castro	E	Seminar Paper. Spring Semester 1999. Deutsche Literatur des Expressionismus (Prof. Sigrid Bauschinger, University of Massachusetts).
Isa Mahdi: Untersuchungen zur juedisch-deutschsprachigen Exilliteratur in Palaestina/Israel unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des arabisch-israelischen Konflikts. (08/2001)	G/E	Dissertation. Universitaet Graz. Studies of Jewish exile literature in German language in Palestine/Israel with focus on the Arab/Israel conflict. Summaries.
Prof. Amir Eshel: Berlin: The City as Body, The City as Metaphor. (includes Lasker-Schüler)	E	Class Syllabus. Stanford University.
Jennifer Redmann: Else Lasker-Schueler versus the Weimar Publishing Industry	E/Col	Image File. WIG conference (2003). Poster presentation on Lasker-Schüler's "Ich räume auf!"
Performance in Else Lasker-Schüler	E	M/MLA Conference, St Louis (Nov 2004). Includes abstracts of session presentations: - Figurative Language, Figures of Thought, and Performative Figurations in Else Lasker-Schüler by Markus Hallensleben; - Performing Her/Self: Else Lasker-Schüler on Stage in "Ichundich" by Sonja Hedgepeth; - Representation of the Stranger in Lasker-Schüler's Dramatic Work by Helga W. Kraft; - Performance, Defamiliarization, Reconciliation" in Else Lasker-Schüler's 'Arthur Aronymus and his Ancestors' by Inca M . Rumold.


ARCHIVES	Lang.	Table of Contents
Else Lasker-Schüler Nachlass, Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem	E	Main collection of Lasker-Schüler material: manuscripts, letters, drawings, owned books.
Heinrich Mann Collection, Feuchtwanger Memorial Library, University of Southern California	E	Inventory. Collection has some letters.
Else Lasker-Schüler Archiv, Stadtbibliothek Wuppertal	G	Short description of the small archive, which has not only the largest collection of secondary sources, but also a good number of manuscripts (mostly letters).
Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach am Neckar	G	The huge collection of handwritten materials includes Lasker-Schüler manuscripts (partly published).
Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Handschriftenabteilung	G	Description including contact address. The library has some original manuscripts and copies of the material which was found in one of Lasker-Schüler's lost suitcases in 1995. Mostly related to her book Das Hebräerland. Zürich: Oprecht 1937.
Lasker-Schüler, Else, 1869-1945. Drawings, and letters to Hanns Hirt	E	Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University: Includes several drawings in ink or ink and crayon, and 28 letters from Lasker-Schüler to Hanns Hirt.
Karl Kraus Archiv, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek	G	Description of collection. Letters to and from Karl Kraus (mostly published).
Deutsches Exilarchiv 1933 - 1945, Frankfurt a.M	G	Description of collection. The Wilhelm Sternfeld and Andreas Meyer Archives include Lasker-Schüler material.
Innsbrucker Zeitungsarchiv	G	Small bibliography on the reception of Lasker-Schüler in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. ONline version of the Brenner, and much more.
Akademie der Künste, Berlin-Tiergarten	G	Short description of the archive's collections.
Letter from Yvan Goll to Ossip Kalenter. Metz, 30. Oktober 1949.	G	Archivio L. Rodoni. Letter includes references to Lasker-Schüler.
ZENTRALES VERZEICHNIS ANTIQUARISCHER BÜCHER: Else Lasker-Schüler	G	Commercial second hand bookstore which lists transcriptions of letters and postcards by Lasker-Schüler. Collection is changing.


MUSEUMS AND IMAGES	Lang.	Table of Contents
Marc - Pferde 2	E/Col	This is one of a series of hand-painted postcards Marc sent to Else Lasker-Schuler.
Igael Tumarkin - Contemporary Paintings. "Mabat" art gallery. Tel Aviv. Israel.	E/Col	Painting on Lasker-Schüler's "My blue pianola."
Helga Reuver	G/Col	Calligraphy of Lasker-Schüler's "Tibetteppich".
Tim Brinton: Else Lasker-Schuler	E/BW	Drawing: Holocaust mad poet.
Horst Meister: Ein schwebender Engel	E/G/Col	Sculpture. Yad Kennedy-Park, Jerusalem.
Knud Odde: "Else Lasker-Schuler", 2003 Radering, 46 x 38 cm	D/Col	Portrait of Lasker-Schüler.
Katharina N. Eitel: "3003 Sterne für Jerusalem: In Erinnerung an Else Lasker-Schüler"	G	PDF file to download. Artistic project by Katharina N. Eitel in the Klingspor Museum Offenbach, January 22 - May 26, 2002.
Sommerliche Klänge: Bilder von Renate Mildner-Müller	G	Article by Peter Wanner on Renate Mildner-Müller's paintings. Includes description of "Prinz Jussufs Reise", inspired by Else Lasker-Schüler's texts.


PLAYS ON LASKER-SCHÜLER	Lang.	Table of Contents
Ulrich Zaum: "Irrlichter". Stück über Lasker-Schüler. Wuppertaler Schauspiel.	G	Play. Directed by Thomas Janßen.
Tanz / Theater: Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Blut. Else Lasker-Schüler: ihr Leben - ihre Liebe - ihre Lyrik (04/2000).	G	Dance Drama by Olga-Elena Ost, performed by Ensemble TSM. Short description of the project.
Motti Lerner:	G	Play on Lasker-Schüler's Exil in Jerusalem 1939. First performed by Habimah Theater, Israel. See also "Else" - ein Stück über Else Lasker-Schüler von Motti Lerner via ha Galil onLine.
Reinhard Döhl. "es war morgen was gestern war oder die reise nach jerusalem. ein konversationsstück in vier sätzen. Stuttgart 1993/1994	G	A conversational play on Lasker-Schüler, Gertrude Stein, and Djuna Barnes, in four sequences. Online publication.
Katharina Abt. "Mein Herz - niemandem."	G	Short review of an Else Lasker-Schüler evening. Theater Heddy Maria Wettstein. Zürich 1997.
Karin Wedekind, Sigmar Schröder Ich und Ich.	G	Play on Lasker-Schüler, by Karin Wedekind. Director: Sigmar Schröder. Produktion: Theaterlabor Bielefeld.
Eine phantastische Welt. Cordula Zeller und Hans Essel inszenieren Else-Lasker-Schüler. (Heidelberg, 1983).	G	Review in Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, March 30, 1983.
Ich - Der brennende Wüstenwind: Das Leben der Else Lasker-Schüler	G	Theater project on Lasker-Schüler, by Gabrielle Scharnitzky. Reviews of the project available on the webpage.
Helles Schlafen, dunkles Wachen: ein Abend über Else Lasker-Schüler	G	Evening theater presentation by Mischa Loewenberg, at the Theaterei Herrlingen.
Sieh in mein verwandertes Gesicht	G	Play based on Else Lasker-Schüler texts, directed by Dietmar Kobboldt, at the Rose-Theegarten-Ensemble, Kolonia.
Corey Fischer, Albert Greenberg and Naomi Newman. "Berlin, Jerusalem and the Moon."	E	Play on Lasker-Schüler and Walter Benjamin. Director: Naomi Newman. Production: A Travelling Jewish Theatre, San Francisco. 1985.


MOVIES AND VIDEOS	Lang.	Table of Contents
Berlin-Jerusalem.	E	Movie on Lasker-Schüler's life in Jerusalem. 1989. Director/Script: Amos Gitai. Synopsis, Cast, Credits.
My Heart Is Mine Alone.	E G	Information on movie about Lasker-Schüler and Gottfried Benn. 1997. Director/Script: Helma Sander-Brahms. Dpa review from the opening night at the Berlinale.
Else Lasker-Schüler: Ein Filmessay	G	Information on Franziska Buch's movie.
Eine anstrengende Frau: Das Leben der Else Lasker-Schüler	G	TV interview with the literary critic Gunhild Kübler on May 12, 2004 (Kulturzeit, 3sat). The webpage includes the poem " Ein alter Tibetteppich".


AUDIO MATERIAL AND MUSIC	Lang.	Table of Contents
Réne Staar	G	"10 Jahre Ensemble Wiener Collage", including two songs on words by Else Lasker-Schüler. Download option of the song "Nun schlummert meine Seele."
Johann Karl Brandeis: "Lieder" ("Songs").	G	Lyrics by Else Lasker-Schüler. (.rm Soundfiles for download.) No. 3. "Die Dämmerung naht" ("Twilight Approaches") - 1961 No. 4. "Vollmond" ("Full Moon") - 1961 No. 5. "Mein Liebeslied" ("My Love Song") - 1961 More works including lyrics by Lasker-Schüler.
Reinhard David Flender: " Mein lieber blauer Reiter"	G	Chamber opera "Mein lieber blauer Reiter", lyrics by Else-Lasker Schüler (UA Hamburg 1997, Dresden 1997, Schloß Elmau 1998).
Linard Bardill "Tamangur"	G	"Mein blaues Klavier" and "Gebet" by Else Lasker-Schüler, interpreted by Swiss songwriter and composer Linard Bardill.
Komm zu mir in der Nacht auf Siebensternenschuhen	G	Poems by Karoline von Günderrode, Bettina von Arnim, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Kathinka Zitz, Betty Paoli, Ada Christen, Else Lasker-Schüler, Francisca Stoecklin, Eva Strittmatter, Karin Kiwus and Ulla Hahn, interpreted by Jürgen Fritz and Renate Otta. Includes poems by Else Lasker-Schüler: "Ein Liebeslied", "Mein blaues Klavier", "Abschied", "Ich liebe Dich..." (links to mp3 files).
Leise schwimmt der Mond durch mein Gemüt	G	Songs with lyrics by Else Lasker-Schüler: With Elena Janis Hamann (vocal), Matthias Zeller (violin, trombone) and Tobias Rank (piano und compositions). Description of the concert on November 30, 2002.
Hannelore Hoger: Liebesschluchzen	G	Love songs to the texts by Else Lasker-Schüler, Gottfried Benn, Horvarth, Robert Walser, Brecht and Edith Piaf. Reviews of the CD are included.
David Philip Hefti: TENET - 4 Songs for Soprano and Ensemble [SATOR Cycle - Part 3]	G/E	The 4 songs for soprano and ensemble ('TENET') - Four poems by the expressionist Jewish Lyricist, Else Lasker-Schüler (1869-1945), to music: 'Weltende', 'Versöhnung', 'Leise sagen -' and 'Weltflucht'. German version available.
Else Lasker-Schüler: Texts set to music	E	List of music works with lyrics by Else Lasker-Schüler or inspired by her poems.


LASKER-SCHÜLER AWARD	Lang.	Table of Contents
Else Lasker-Schüler Dramatikerpreis	G	Information on the "Else Lasker-Schüler Drama Award", by Uschtrin Publisher, and the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern (2001). In 2003 the award was given to Elfriede Jelinek.
Elfriede Jelinek: "Liebeserklärung an Else Lasker-Schüler"	G	Elfriede Jelinek's speech on 20 November 2003 in Mainz (PDF file). Via Exil-Archiv.de


LITERARY SOCIETIES	Lang.	Table of Contents
Else Lasker-Schüler Gesellschaft e.V.	G	Home page of the Else Lasker-Schüler Society in Wuppertal. Includes updated information on current events.


MARGINALIA	Lang.	Table of Contents
Nosferatu...Angel of the Final Hour (2001). By Ed Kaufman.	E	A stylized blend of German expressionism, commedia dell'arte, magic realism and original music, performed/produced by the Zoo District. Includes Lasker-Schüler as figure. Written by Kaaren J. Luker.
Thomas Linden: Toleranz träumen, bis sie wirklich wird. Das 3. Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dichterforum behandelte in Wuppertal den Dialog zwischen Abendland und Morgenland. 1995	G	Report from the fifth Else Lasker-Schuler Forum in Wuppertal. Berliner Zeitung, September 17, 1995.
Grundkurs Deutsch. Gedanken von Teilnehmern zu expressionistischen Malern und Dichtern (mit Hintergrundinformationen).	G	12th Grade German Class. Thoughts and background material.
Lasker-Schüler und Hoddis. Weltflucht und Weltende.	G	Abstract of a 12th grader's interpretation of three poems by Lasker-Schüler and Hoddis. (For the whole document a small fee will be charged.)
Ein Lied	G	Comparative study by Daniel Staak.
Liebesbriefe	G	Posthumous love letters to Else Lasker-Schüler, by the poet and song writer Linard Bardill.
onlinekunst.de	G	Some poems by Else Lasker-Schüler, used for an on line art project.
Wörter:Welt - Blaue Stunde: Ingeborg Bachmann und Else Lasker-Schüler	G	Description of an Expo 2000 event. A discussion with Hannelore Hoger and Angela Winkler about Else Lasker-Schüler (August 6, 2000).
Else Lasker-Schüler Präsentation: Abiturienten arrangieren Literatur-Begegnung	G	Reading from Else Lasker-Schüler poems, organized by Deutsch-LK (12th and 13th graders) on April 4, 2003.
Brecht-Tage, Lasker Schüler und japanische Märchen Literaturveranstaltungen vom 09. bis 15. Februar 2004 in Berlin und Potsdam.	G	Programm of " Brecht-Tage" in Berlin, 9-15 February 2004, includes readings from Else-Lasker Schüler's works.
Christian Paruzel: Expressionismus - am Beispiel der Else Lasker-Schüler	G	School essay to buy and download. The webpage includes table of contents and text of chapter 4: " Die Schriftstellerin Else Lasker-Schüler ".
11. Landeswettbewerb Deutsche Sprache und Literatur Baden-Württemberg 2001	G	Text by Natascha Einhart, Oken-Gymnasium Offenburg, winner of the provincial German language and literature competition in 2001. Includes excerpts from the winner's essay "Kriegsspiele - Männermuster in der Beziehung zwischen Gottfried Benn und Else Lasker-Schüler"
Uri Avnery: Israel – im Banne des Konfliktes: Else Lasker-Schüler, deutsche Kultur und Palästina	G	Opening speech at the 9th Else-Lasker-Schüler Forum in Jerusalem.
"XII. Else-Lasker-Schüler-Forum" Concert in Prague, Czech Republic with Esther Ofarim	E	From October 16-24, 2004 the Else Lasker-Schüler Gesellschaft organized a forum in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. Esther Ofarim has been in concert on October 22, 2004.

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"Psalmist of the German Avant-Garde"
(Walter Mehring)

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