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Vielleicht weil ich mein Leben habe vorüberziehen lassen wie einen Traum, so ist mir alles zerronnen wie Träume eben zerrinnen, dieses im späten September die Strasse überflutende Mittagslicht, rufe ich, es macht mich für Augenblicke zum glücklichsten Menschen, rufe ich, das schöne Sehen …
136 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
About the author
Friederike Mayröcker
109 books55 followersFriederike Mayröcker (born 20 December 1924 in Vienna) is an Austrian poet. From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.
She started writing as a 15-year-old. In 1946, she meet Otto Basil who published some of her first works in his avant-garde journal Plan. Mayröcker's poems were published a few years later by renowned literary critic Hans Weigel. She was eventually introduced to the Wiener Gruppe, a group of mostly surrealist and expressionist Austrian authors.
Friederike Mayröcker is recognized as one of the most important contemporary Austrian poets. She also had success with her prose and radio plays. Four of them she wrote together with Ernst Jandl, with whom she lived together from 1954 until his death in 2000.
Her prose is often described as autofictional, since Mayröcker uses quotes of private conversations and excerpts from letters and diaries in her work.
Mayröcker describes her working process as follows: "I live in pictures. I see everything in pictures, my complete past, memories are pictures. I transform pictures into language by climbing into the picture. I walk into it until it becomes language."
A German biographical movie documenting Mayröcker's life and work was released in 2008
She started writing as a 15-year-old. In 1946, she meet Otto Basil who published some of her first works in his avant-garde journal Plan. Mayröcker's poems were published a few years later by renowned literary critic Hans Weigel. She was eventually introduced to the Wiener Gruppe, a group of mostly surrealist and expressionist Austrian authors.
Friederike Mayröcker is recognized as one of the most important contemporary Austrian poets. She also had success with her prose and radio plays. Four of them she wrote together with Ernst Jandl, with whom she lived together from 1954 until his death in 2000.
Her prose is often described as autofictional, since Mayröcker uses quotes of private conversations and excerpts from letters and diaries in her work.
Mayröcker describes her working process as follows: "I live in pictures. I see everything in pictures, my complete past, memories are pictures. I transform pictures into language by climbing into the picture. I walk into it until it becomes language."
A German biographical movie documenting Mayröcker's life and work was released in 2008
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July 20, 2026
"la vita deve essere prima tutta stritolata perché ci si possa ritrovare"
mistico ed estremamente interessante viaggio attraverso la notte, letteralmente!
mistico ed estremamente interessante viaggio attraverso la notte, letteralmente!
April 17, 2025
JAG ÄR KLAR
February 25, 2023
ein Gedankenstrom mit Anfang und Ende und wenig Mitte, ich glaub aber das ist der Sinn dahinter.
November 18, 2024
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June 26, 2024wenn das nicht bernhard-esk ist, weiß ich auch nicht
November 16, 2025
virkelig god smukt skrevet. giver 4,5 stjerne da jeg ikke nåede at læse den helt færdigt. :((
November 22, 2025
Gedanken über Gedanken verpackt in eine Poesie, die ihresgleichen sucht!
July 29, 2026
man müsste soviel mehr lesen ey
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