Kasimir Edschmid, born Eduard Hermann Wilhelm Schmid, was a German expressionist writer. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Together with Carl Gunschmann he was one of the founders of the Darmstädter Sezession in 1919. 1933 his book "Westdeutsche Fahrten" was among the works burnt by the Nazis.