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Karl Friedrich Henckell
German writer (1864-1929)
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1864
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1929
genre: naturalism
country of citizenship: Germany, Switzerland
native language: German
languages spoken, written or signed: German
educated at: University of Zurich, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Heidelberg University, Humboldt University of Berlin, Leipzig University
occupation: poet, author, literary critic, writer

Karl Friedrich Henckell (17 April 1864, Hanover – 30 July 1929, Lindau) was a German author, poet, and publisher.
Henckell studied at the universities of Berlin, Heidelberg, Munich, and Zurich. He lived abroad, in Switzerland, in Zurich and much later Muri (Bern), in Italy (Milan), and in Belgium (Brussels), and was well acquainted with the modern literatures of Europe, on which he frequently lectured, besides giving readings from his own poems. From 1896 until 1905 he was his own publisher, as well as the publisher of other literature, in Zurich and Leipzig. He settled in Munich in 1908. His poetry is revolutionary and socialistic in its tendency.
The composer Richard Strauss set nine of Henckell's poems to music, the first one in 1894, "Ruhe, meine Seele!" (Rest, my soul).
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15Aus einem Notizbüchlein der Liebe. Nr. 32
1889 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1889
Christnacht
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921
Daniel Defoe
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921
Der Korpsbursch
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921
Der rote Vogel
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921
Die Dirne
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921
Die Engelmacherin
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921
Giordano Bruno
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921
Hexengeflüster
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921
Kommen wird der Tag
1921 poem written by Karl Friedrich Henckell
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1921