Background
Detlev von Liliencron was born on June 3, 1844 in Kiel, Germany, the son of an impoverished family of baronial descent.
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Detlev von Liliencron was born on June 3, 1844 in Kiel, Germany, the son of an impoverished family of baronial descent.
Liliencron entered the Prussian army in 1863. He served as a regular officer during the Seven Weeks’ War (1866) and the Franco-German War (1870–71). He later used experiences from these campaigns in his poems and stories. In 1875 Liliencron left the army because of debts; after spending some time in America, he entered the civil service in 1878. From 1887 he struggled to make a living as a full-time writer.
In 1883 Liliencron published his first book, Adjutantenritte und andere Gedichte (“Rides of the Adjutant and Other Poems”). The poems in this collection broke with established literary conventions; it has been called a landmark in the development of Naturalism in Germany.
Liliencron also wrote several dramas, none of which were successful, and published several collections of stories and short novels, notably Kriegsnovellen (1895; “War Stories”). But he is best known for his lyric poems, published in several collections between 1883 and 1909. The best of these poems are characterized by a vividness of expression and accuracy of detail. Liliencron’s insights and observations are original, and he portrays nature with a new realism and immediacy. His loosely constructed satiric epic Poggfred, ein kunter-buntes Epos (1896; “Poggfred, a Topsy-Turvy Epic”) achieved some success.
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