- Gottfried Benn was born on May 2, 1886 in Mansfeld, Westprignitz, Brandenburg, Prussia [now Brandenburg], Germany. He was a writer, known for Rönnes Reise (1990) and Die Stimme hinter dem Vorhang (1971). He was married to Ilse Kaul, Herta von Wedemeyer and Edith Brosin. He died on July 7, 1956 in Berlin, Germany.
- SpousesIlse Kaul(December 1946 - July 7, 1956) (his death)Herta von Wedemeyer(1938 - July 2, 1945) (her death)Edith Brosin(1914 - 1922) (her death, 1 child)
- Author.
- He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1951.
- He was a German poet, essayist, and physician.
- During the 1920s, he continued having a close relationship with Jewish poet Else Lasker-Schüler who addressed love poems to him. This bond to her is the subject of the film Mein Herz-niemandem (1997) by Helma Sanders-Brahms.
- After the war, his work was banned by the Allies because of his initial support for Hitler.
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