17 Facts About Arno Holz

Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz was a German naturalist poet and dramatist.

Arno Holz is best known for his poetry collection Phantasus.

Arno Holz was nominated for a Nobel prize in literature nine times.

Arno Holz was beset with financial difficulties for much of his life.

Arno Holz established contacts with the Berlin naturalist club Durch where he met famed writer Gerhart Hauptmann.

From 1888 onward Arno Holz lived and worked together with translator and writer Johannes Schlaf.

Schlaf and Arno Holz quarreled over revenue from the two plays, which was relatively modest, causing a break in their relations.

Arno Holz claimed he could have done more and had contributed more artistically to both works.

Arno Holz went on to experiment with unrhymed styles breaking traditional rules of form.

Arno Holz claimed works should be determined by "inner rhythm" and free from regular rhyme and versification.

Arno Holz laid down these principles in his writing, Revolution in Poetry.

In 1896 Arno Holz commenced work on a dramatic cycle, Berlin inspired by Zola's series of novels, Rougon-Macquart.

In 1898 Arno Holz published his masterpiece, the poetry volume Phantasus, a work in which he displayed his linguistic virtuosity.

Arno Holz had worked on the poems throughout his creative life, often amending, casting aside, and revisiting his varied texts.

Arno Holz received recognition for his tragicomedy Traumulus, the first of five he created with his friend Oskar Jerschke.

Between 1910 and 1929 Arno Holz lived in the Schoneberg district of Berlin.

Arno Holz divorced and remarried in 1926, and is buried in an honored grave at the Friedhof Heerstrasse.