Requiem for Ernst Jandl

A lyrical requiem for Mayröcker's late partner, the writer Ernst Jandl.

Austrian poet and playwright Ernst Jandl died in 2000, leaving behind his partner, poet Friederike Mayröcker--and bringing to an end a half century of shared life, and shared literary work. Mayröcker immediately began attempting to come to terms with his death in the way that poets struggling with loss have done for millennia: by writing. Requiem for Ernst Jandl is the powerfully moving outcome. In this quiet but passionate lament that grows into a song of enthralling intensity, Mayröcker recalls memories and shared experiences, and--with the sudden, piercing perception of regrets that often accompany grief--reads Jandl's works in a new light. Alarmed by a sudden, existential emptiness, she reflects on the future, and the possibility of going on with her life and work in the absence of the person who, as we see in this elegy, was a constant conversational and creative partner.

About the author

Friederike Mayröcker (1924-2021) is widely considered one of the most important Austrian poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The recipient of numerous awards, including the renowned Georg Büchner Prize, she published over eighty works, including poetry, prose, radio plays, and children's books.

Product details

• Authors: Friederike Mayrocker, Friedricke Mayrocker, Friederike Mayröcker
• Assisted by: Rosalyn Theobald (Translation), Roslyn Theobald (Translation)
• Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780857424754
• ISBN: 978-0-85742-475-4
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 225 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 228 g
• Series: German List; The German List; The German List - (Seagull Titles CHUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies