Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the German by Michael Hamburger, Fred Viebahn, and Rita Dove. SELECTED POEMS draws from six volumes of the work of Germany's most important and influential living poet. "Born in Germany in 1929, Enzensberger grew up in Nazi Nuremberg and bloomed during the Cold War. His poetry is built upon titanic German wreckage and tradition: always historical, lyrical, and, in different ways, revolutionary. He dares to support a sublime malice towards all and charity for few. His revelations have something in common with the 16th century German painter Grunwald, whose Madonnas are both spiritual and lascivious. The result is poetry of terror and beauty few would attempt to write"—Stanley Moss.

Author City: Munich GER

Best-selling author of The Number Devil, Hans Magnus Enzensberger has been at the forefront of the German and European cultural scenes for more than four decades. He has published over sixty books of poetry, prose, and cultural and political commentary that have been translated into more than forty languages. The many honors and awards he has received include The Georg Büchner Prize, the Heinrich Böll Prize, the Heinrich Heine Prize, the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize, and the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award.