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Günter Eich (1907–1972)

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Werken van Günter Eich

Träume. Vier Spiele (1953) 21 exemplaren
Angina Days: Selected Poems (2010) 19 exemplaren
Fünfzehn Hörspiele (1973) 17 exemplaren
Botschaften des Regens : Gedichte (1955) 16 exemplaren
Flickorna från Viterbo : radiopjäs (1991) — Auteur — 15 exemplaren
Valuable Nail: Selected Poems (1981) 14 exemplaren
Gesammelte Maulwürfe (1993) — Auteur — 13 exemplaren
Gedichte (1973) 10 exemplaren
Maulwürfe (Insel-Bücherei) (1968) 6 exemplaren
Journeys (1968) 6 exemplaren
Sämtliche Gedichte (2006) 6 exemplaren
Aus dem Chinesischen (1976) 4 exemplaren
Stimmen. Sieben Hörspiele (1958) 4 exemplaren
Poesías completas (2005) 3 exemplaren
Ein Lesebuch (1988) 3 exemplaren
Katharina : Erzählungen (1974) 2 exemplaren
Der neunundzwanzigste Februar (1978) 2 exemplaren
Abgelegene Gehöfte. Gedichte. (1968) 2 exemplaren
Träume Hörspiele 2 exemplaren
Festianus, Märtyrer (1971) 1 exemplaar
Poems 1 exemplaar
Gunter Eichs spate Prosa : einige Merkmale der Maulwuerfe (1982) — Associated Name — 1 exemplaar
Regnets budskap (2000) 1 exemplaar
Unter Wasser 1 exemplaar
Der Tiger Jussuf 1 exemplaar
Über Günter Eich 1 exemplaar
Allah hat hundert Namen, (1958) 1 exemplaar
Zu den Akten (1964) 1 exemplaar
Ein Traum am Edsin-Gol (2008) 1 exemplaar
50 topos (2012) 1 exemplaar
Krtci a jiné básně (2003) 1 exemplaar
Mes taupes 1 exemplaar
Maulwürfe, Prosa, (1968) 1 exemplaar
Die Rettung der Poesie im Unsinn : der anarchist Guenter Eich (1981) — Associated Name — 1 exemplaar

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Klassiker der Moderne (1989) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
New World Writing #13: Stories, Poetry, Essays, Drama (1958) — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren
Moderne Erzahler 1 — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Briefe (German Edition) (1999) — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
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Die Gruppe 47 - Zwei Jahrzehnte deutscher Literatur (2002) — Verteller — 1 exemplaar

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Gunter Eich was a German poet who lived 1907-1972 and who was known for the simplicity of his poems. Translator Michael Hofmann presents a unique picture of Eich in his introduction to Angina Days (a title in reference to his health in later years). In some cases, an introduction reveals too much and tries to interpret too much. Hofmann’s biography of Eich resists that and instead focuses on Eich’s personal life and allows the reader to contemplate and define the poetry on their own. He calls Eich’s poems “humble and lived-in and somehow practical” and this collection reflects that. While the poetry is not oversimplified, each reader can likely feel as if they can successfully understand the emotions portrayed.

Hofmann also says that in translating the works, ranging over Eich’s lifetime, he discovered in them “for me the source of the quiet and immense and eerie power of each: words are like stray, chance, isolated survivals after some catastrophe, of unpredictable utility and beauty.” As a side note, Eich’s poetry is compared to the art of Paul Klee.

Within the poetry itself, broken into sections of Eich’s life, there is an array of symbolism with a focus on plants, food, landscape, and travel. Some are romantic, as in Munich-Frankfurt Express where he describes a train trip to see his beloved and “my desire to grow old in the vicinity of your voice.” He can also reflect on WWII with grief in Memorial:

The moors we wanted to hike have been drained.
Their turf has warmed our evenings.
The wind is full of black dust.
It scours the names off the gravestones
and etches this day
into us.

In Dreams he combines the symbolism of travel on the earth with travel in the heart:

There are road signs,
and easily discernible river course,
lookout points in elevated positions,
maps where the lakes are in blue and the forests in green-
It’s easy to find one’s way around in the world.

But you, companion at my side, how hidden from me
is the landscape of your heart!
Feeling my way in the fog, I am often overcome with fear
of the thickets and the hidden precipice.
I know you don’t like your thoughts to be traced,
the echo of your words is intended to mislead-
Roads going nowhere,
pathless terrain, lapsed signage.

This collection is comprehensive and reveals how Eich's outlook changes from youth through illness as he ages, since the poems are spread across 1948-1972. I found this a great exploration of German poetry.
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