dedicated the short romantic novel Marietta to his girlfriend and muse Marietta di Monaco. In 1923 he married the actress Carola Neher. Then in 1925, his play Der Kreidekreis (The Chalk Circle), based on a Chinese story, was first produced in Meissen. The Berlin performances of the play later that year achieved great success; (Bertolt Brecht later adapted the play in his Kaukasischer Kreidekreis (The Caucasian Chalk Circle)). In the years that followed, Klabund wrote regularly for cabarets, including Schall und Rauch. His folksy poems and songs achieved great popularity. In May 1928, during a stay in Italy, he fell ill with pneumonia, which, together with his latent tuberculosis, was life-threatening. He was brought to Davos for treatment, but he died shortly thereafter. He was buried in his native Crossen (now Krosno Odrzańskie) and was eulogized by his friend and fellow writer Gottfried Benn. A star on the Walk of Fame of Cabaret in Mainz is dedicated to him. Works Klabund completed 25 plays and 14 novels—several of which were published only after his death—numerous short stories, many adaptations, and several works on the history of literature. Between 1998 and 2003, a collection of his works appeared in eight volumes. Selected filmography Wood Love (1925) References External links (Catalog of the German National Library Works by Klabund at gutenberg.spiegel.de (German) Free downloads of 2 audiobooks of Klabund's in German: total 19 minutes, 17.5 MBs 1890 births 1928 deaths People from Krosno Odrzańskie People from the Province of Brandenburg German male novelists German male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German novelists 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights German-language poets German male poets 20th-century German male writers Deaths from pneumonia in Switzerland