Johannes Theodor Baargeld was a pseudonym of Alfred Emanuel Ferdinand Grünwald, a German painter and poet who, together with Max Ernst, founded the Cologne Dada group. He also used the name Zentrodada in connection with Dada.
Jakob van Hoddis was the pen name of the Jewish German expressionist poet Hans Davidsohn, of which "Van Hoddis" is an anagram. His most famous poem Weltende, published on 11 January 1911 in the Der Demokrat magazine, is generally regarded as ushering in the Expressionist style of poetry and inspired many other poets to write in a similarly grotesque style; he is also seen as perhaps the only German predecessor of surrealism.
Carl Einstein, born Karl Einstein, also known by pseudonym Savine Ree Urian, was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, anarchist, and critic.
Der Sturm was a German avant-garde art and literary magazine founded by Herwarth Walden, covering Expressionism, Cubism, Dada and Surrealism, among other artistic movements. It was published between 1910 and 1932.
Albert Ehrenstein was an Austrian-born German Expressionist poet. His poetry exemplifies rejection of bourgeois values and fascination with the Orient, particularly with China.
Waldo David Frank was an American novelist, historian, political activist, and literary critic, who wrote extensively for The New Yorker and The New Republic during the 1920s and 1930s. Frank is best known for his studies of Spanish and Latin American literature and culture and his work is regarded as an intellectual bridge between the two continents.
Franz Pfemfert was a German journalist, editor of Die Aktion, literary critic, politician and portrait photographer. Pfemfert occasionally wrote under the pseudonym U. Gaday.
German individualist philosopher Max Stirner became an important early influence in anarchism. Afterwards Johann Most became an important anarchist propagandist in both Germany and in the United States. In the late 19th century and early 20th century there appeared individualist anarchists influenced by Stirner such as John Henry Mackay, Adolf Brand and Anselm Ruest and Mynona.
Johannes Holzmann was a German anarchist writer and activist who generally went by the pseudonym Senna Hoy.
Cläre Jung was a German journalist, writer and political activist.
James Broh was a German lawyer, publisher and left-wing political activist.
The Antinational Socialist Party was a political organisation originally clandestinely founded in Berlin in 1915. Following the German Revolution of 9 November 1918, it revealed itself through the pages of Die Aktion.
Karl Otten was a German expressionist writer and broadcaster.
Richard Oehring was a German economist, writer and poet who became a political activist.
Oskar Kanehl was a German poet and communist activist.
Ernst Blass (17 October 17, 1890, in Berlin – 23 January 23, 1939 in Berlin, was an important expressionist poet, critic and writer.
Otto Corbach (1877–1938) was a German journalist and publicist.
Ludwig Rubiner was a German poet, literary critic and essayist, generally seen as a representative of the expressionist movement that originated in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. His most important works include a manifesto entitled, "Der Dichter greift in die Politik" and a stage-drama, "Die Gewaltlosen", which he dedicated to "dem Kameraden, meiner Frau Frida". His "Kriminalsonetten" have even led to his being seen by some as a prophet of Dadaism.
Max Herrmann-Neisse was a German expressionist writer.
A Tett was a Hungarian magazine published by Lajos Kassák from 1915 to 1916. It advocated an anarchist-pacifist outlook. Kassák sponsored several activities opposing the war – exhibitions of avant-garde art by socialist painters and lectures by left-leaning intellectuals. He also published work by foreign "enemy" artists and writers. It was modelled on Franz Pfemfert's German magazine Die Aktion. It presented a challenge to Nyugat, the established literary journal in the Kingdom of Hungary.
