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German physician, poet, and essayist (1886–1956)
Also known as: Benn, Готфрид Бенн, جوتفريد بن, 고트프리트 벤, ゴットフリート・ベン, 戈特弗里德·贝恩
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- Primal vision (1960)
- Expressionen
- Kunst und Macht
- Doppelleben. Zwei Selbstdarstellungen (1955)
- Ausgewählte Briefe (1957)