The Austrian poet Georg Trakl (1887-1914) wrote with a singular voice that captivated a wide range of admirers: the philosophers Heidegger and Wittgenstein; fellow writers and poets like Beckett, Rilke, and Walser; and composers such as Webern and Hindemith. Two collections of his poetry were prepared for publication during his lifetime. The vast majority of poems in the first book, Poems (1913), feature crystalline meters and regular rhyme schemes that produce a hypnotic music. In the second book, Sebastian in a Dream (1915), the reverse is true, and most poems are written in free verse. These translations reproduce the musical experience of the first book for the English reader. Here the formal elements provide a little air, a little lift on which the poet's simple words and surprising invocations go gliding by in all their mystery.

Poems (1913)

Literature & Fiction

Trakl, Georg

Poetry

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The poet, lyricist, and translator Julian Tuwim (1894 – 1953) was a major figure in Polish literature. In 1918, he was one of the co-founders of the Skamander group of experimental poets who broke with the nationalist aim of poetry to focus instead on the common people. Tuwim’s work was wide-ranging and included writing songs for the cabaret as well as beloved children’s verses. In 1935, he was awarded the Golden Laurel by the Polish Academy of Literature.

Like Lions! Like Lions!: Selected Poems of Julian Tuwim

Tuwim, Julian

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Poems (1913)

Like Lions! Like Lions!: Selected Poems of Julian Tuwim