Portrait of Rose Ausländer

Rose Ausländer

Jewish poet from the Bukowina writing in German and English

Lived
1901–1988
Country
Russia

Updated September 2026

About Rose Ausländer

Rose Ausländer was a Jewish poet writing in German and English. Born in Czernowitz in the Bukovina, she lived through its tumultuous history of belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Kingdom of Romania, and eventually the Soviet Union. Rose Ausländer spent her life in several countries: Austria-Hungary, Romania, the United States, and West Germany.

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