← Georg HeymMarathonby Georg HeymFind on Amazon↗About the authorGeorg HeymGerman expressionist poet who drowned at 24 but left a body of work prophesying catastrophe. His visions of death and urban dread in Umbra Vitae anticipate World War I.More by Georg HeymDer ewige TagExpressionist poetry of death, darkness, and urban despair→Umbra VitaeShadowy verses exploring the darkness underlying human existence→