ERNST TOLLER WAS A GERMAN LEFT-WING PLAYWRIGHT, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS EXPRESSIONIST PLAYS. HE SERVED IN 1919 FOR SIX DAYS AS PRESIDENT OF THE SHORT-LIVED BAVARIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC, AND WAS IMPRISONED FOR FIVE YEARS FOR HIS ACTIONS. DURING HIS DAYS IN THE PRISON TOLLER WROTE LETTERS TO HIS FRIENDS WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVE LITERARY PIECE . THESE LETTERS FROM TOLLER ARE TRANSLATED BY V.S.KHANDEKAR .