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John Henry Mackay ( Greenock , Scotland , 1864 – May 16 , 1933 in Stahnsdorf , Germany ) was an Individualist Anarchist , thinker, writer, and Homosexual . Raised in Germany, Mackay was the author of ''Die Anarchisten'' (The Anarchists) (1891) and ''Der Freiheitsucher'' (The Searcher for Freedom) (1921). Mackay was published in the United States in his friend Benjamin Tucker 's magazine, '' Liberty ''. LIFE Mackay lived in Berlin from 1896 onwards, and became a friend of scientist and Gemeinschaft der Eigenen co-founder Benedict Friedlander. Mackay died in Stahnsdorf on May 16, 1933, ten days after the Nazi Book Burnings at the Institut Für Sexualwissenschaft . Adolf Hitler had become Dictator two months earlier, and all activities of the German homosexual emancipation movement soon ceased. Allegations that Mackay's death may have been a suicide have been disputed: WRITING AND INFLUENCE Using the From 1906, the writings and theories of Mackay had a significant influence on Adolf Brand 's organisation Gemeinschaft der Eigenen. Mackay was also a key populariser of the work of Max Stirner (1806-1856) outside Germany, writing a biography of the philosopher which also added greatly to the understanding of the work of Friedrich Nietzsche in the English -speaking world. Richard Strauss 's well-known songs from his ''Vier Lieder'' (Op. 27), a wedding gift to his wife, ''Morgen'' and ''Heimliche Aufforderung'' (''Secret Invitation'') set two of Mackay's poems inspired by the love of boys to music. REFERENCES FURTHER READING
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