Ashes for Breakfast - Selected Poems

Informationen zum Autor Durs Grünbein is the author of six previous volumes of poetry and a collection of essays. His work has been awarded many major German literary prizes, including the highest, the Georg Büchner Prize. He has lived in Berlin since 1985. Michael Hofmann was born in Germany, grew up in England, and teaches at the University of Florida. He has translated the work of Alfred Döblin, Franz Kafka, Hans Fallada, Gottfried Benn and Joseph Roth. Klappentext A new collection from Grunbein, the most successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany in recent times. Vorwort Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems , by Durs Gr ü nbein, represents the first English translation of Germany's leading contemporary poet, edited and translated by Michael Hofmann. Zusammenfassung Born in Dresden in 1962, Durs Grunbein is the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, a place where, he wrote, "The Best Refuge was a Closed Mouth." This work introduces Germany's most acclaimed poet to English readers.

Product details

• Authors: Durs Grunbein, Durs Hofmann Grunbein, Durs Grünbein
• Assisted by: Michael Hofmann (Editor), Michael Hofmann (Translation)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2006
• EAN: 9780571228492
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22849-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; East vs West