Günter Eich (1907-72) was a leading German poet and radio dramatist of the post-war period. He won the principal German awards in both forms: the Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden (in 1953) and the Büchnerpreis (1959).
Michael Hofmann is a poet and translator from the German. He teaches at the University of Florida in Gainesville. His Selected Poems came out from Farrar, Straus in 2009; Angina Days, his translations from Eich, will appear next spring from Princeton University Press.
Spring 2010
Long Poems; Punctuation Marks; Early Winter
Translated from German by Michael Hofmann Long Poems Normal Tell him to hold the fork in his left hand and the knife in his right. No accommodation for hemiplegics. Caution […]