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Durs Grünbein

Born

in Dresden, Germany

October 09, 1962

Genre

Poetry, Philosophy

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Durs Grünbein is a German poet, essayist and translator living in Berlin since 1985.

Grünbein is hailed as the most significant and successful poet to emerge from the former East Germany, and his work has been awarded many major German literary prizes, including the highest, the Georg-Büchner-Preis, which he won in 1995. That same year, he also won the Peter Huchel Prize for Poetry.

In 2005, he held the position of Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College.

In 2006, Grünbein was elected by the academy of fine arts at Düsseldorf to the first chair of poetry (poetics and artistic aesthetics) at any German university or academy. Grünbein is a regular contributor to Frau und Hund - Zeitschrift für kursives Denken, edited by th ...more

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	Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems by Durs Grünbein, Michael Hofmann (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Komet 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schädelbasislektion 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bars of Atlantis: Selected Essays by Durs Grünbein, John Crutchfield (Translator), Michael Hofmann (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of My City by Durs Grünbein, Karen Leeder (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vom Schnee oder Descartes in Deutschland. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Jahre im Zoo 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grauzone morgens: Gedichte (Edition Suhrkamp) 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vom Stellenwert der Worte 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Powroty z księżyca by Durs Grünbein, Andrzej Kopacki (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You write because the brain is an endless wilderness whose roughest terrain can only be traveled with a pencil.”
― Durs Grünbein

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“Ich kaufe ja Bücher nicht, weil ich sie alle benötige, sondern weil ich mir ausmale, wie herrlich es sein wird, sie demnächst - sagen wir: eines Tages, zu lesen.”
― Durs Grünbein

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