We thrust our fingers into our ears to stop its moan; but it was no good; the cry cut like a drill into our heads, dragging minutes into hours, hours into years. We withered and grew old between those cries.
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| Birth: | 1st December, 1893 |
| Death: | 22nd May, 1939 |
| Nationality: | German |
| Profession: | Playwright |
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Ernst Toller was born in Samotschin, Posen, Prussia. He was a German left-wing playwright, best known for his Expressionist plays. He served in 1919 for six days as President of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, and was imprisoned for five years for his actions. In 2000, several of his plays were published in an English translation. He wrote several plays include: transformation, Masses Man, The Machine Wreckers, Hinkemann, Oops, We're Alive!, The Fires, Letters from prison, and Mary Baker Eddy.
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