Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel 1863- 1920

Born son of a forester in Brandenburg, Dehmel studied philosophy in Berlin and Leipzig.

He married in 1889 but was divorced in 1899 and married again in 1901. In his Berlin years, he lived a bohemian life in contact with Münch and Strindberg. He started the PAN magazine in 1894 and took up a writing career publishing several works before the first world war. He moved to Hamburg and, with his wife, founded a literary circle embracing many leading figures.

He volunteered for war service and remained an active war supporter despite being invalided out in 1916 . He died of wound related causes in 1920.