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Ein Soldat und ein Mädchen
German
235 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
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About the author
Erich Fried
164 books60 followersErich Fried was an Austrian-born poet, writer and translator of Jewish descent. He initially became known to a broader public in both Germany and Austria for his political poetry, and later for his love poems. As a writer he mostly wrote plays and short novels. He also translated works by different English writers from English into German, most notably works by William Shakespeare.
He was born in Vienna, Austria but fled to England after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938. He settled in London and adopted British Nationality in 1949. His first official visit back to Vienna was in 1962.
During the war, he did casual work as a librarian and a factory hand. He arranged also for his mother to leave Nazi occupied Austria, as well as helping many other Jews to come to the UK. He joined Young Austria, a left-wing emigrant youth movement, but left in 1943 in protest at its growing Stalinist tendencies.
From 1952 to 1968 he worked as a political commentator for the BBC German Service. He translated works by Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas, and Sylvia Plath.
He published several volumes of poetry as well as radio plays and a novel. His work was sometimes controversial, including attacks on the Zionist movement and support for left-wing causes. His work was mainly published in the West, but in 1969, a selection of his poetry was published in the GDR poetry series Poesiealbum, and his Dylan Thomas translations were published in that same series in 1974. The composer Hans Werner Henze set two of Fried's poems for his song-cycle Voices (1973).
In 1982 he regained his Austrian nationality, though he also retained the British nationality he had adopted in 1949. He died of intestinal cancer in Baden-Baden, West Germany, in 1988 and is buried in Kensal Green cemetery, London.
An Austrian literary prize is named after him - the Erich Fried Prize.
Source: wikipedia.com
He was born in Vienna, Austria but fled to England after the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938. He settled in London and adopted British Nationality in 1949. His first official visit back to Vienna was in 1962.
During the war, he did casual work as a librarian and a factory hand. He arranged also for his mother to leave Nazi occupied Austria, as well as helping many other Jews to come to the UK. He joined Young Austria, a left-wing emigrant youth movement, but left in 1943 in protest at its growing Stalinist tendencies.
From 1952 to 1968 he worked as a political commentator for the BBC German Service. He translated works by Shakespeare, T. S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas, and Sylvia Plath.
He published several volumes of poetry as well as radio plays and a novel. His work was sometimes controversial, including attacks on the Zionist movement and support for left-wing causes. His work was mainly published in the West, but in 1969, a selection of his poetry was published in the GDR poetry series Poesiealbum, and his Dylan Thomas translations were published in that same series in 1974. The composer Hans Werner Henze set two of Fried's poems for his song-cycle Voices (1973).
In 1982 he regained his Austrian nationality, though he also retained the British nationality he had adopted in 1949. He died of intestinal cancer in Baden-Baden, West Germany, in 1988 and is buried in Kensal Green cemetery, London.
An Austrian literary prize is named after him - the Erich Fried Prize.
Source: wikipedia.com
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September 30, 2009
Ein vergessenes Stück Weltliteratur
Für mich gehört dieses Buch zu den besten die ich je gelesen habe.
Nein, es liest sich überhaupt nicht flüssig - weil man muss viel zu oft anhalten weil die eigenen Gedanken abschweifen.
Nein, es ist keine Geschichte die man gerne lesen möchte.
Nein, es ist überhaupt nicht spannend.
Ja, es macht betroffen.
Ja, es einfach großartig.
Erich Fried, der für seine Gedichte berühmt wurde, zeigt mit diesem Buch, wie man im 20. Jahrhundert wirkliche Weltliteratur schreiben kann.
Die Geschichte:
Eine KZ-Aufseherin wird zum Tode verurteilt und ihr letzter Wunsch ist es mit einem bestimmten Soldaten die Nacht zu verbringen. Der Wunsch wird ihr erfüllt und sie wird hingerichtet. Das Buch ist die Aufarbeitung dieser Geschichte.
Es ist einfach unglaublich. Es ist erschütternd. Es ist ein schweres Buch, keine leichte Lektüre - aber wer hätte bei Erich Fried auch Anderes erwartet.
Für mich gehört dieses Buch zu den besten die ich je gelesen habe.
Nein, es liest sich überhaupt nicht flüssig - weil man muss viel zu oft anhalten weil die eigenen Gedanken abschweifen.
Nein, es ist keine Geschichte die man gerne lesen möchte.
Nein, es ist überhaupt nicht spannend.
Ja, es macht betroffen.
Ja, es einfach großartig.
Erich Fried, der für seine Gedichte berühmt wurde, zeigt mit diesem Buch, wie man im 20. Jahrhundert wirkliche Weltliteratur schreiben kann.
Die Geschichte:
Eine KZ-Aufseherin wird zum Tode verurteilt und ihr letzter Wunsch ist es mit einem bestimmten Soldaten die Nacht zu verbringen. Der Wunsch wird ihr erfüllt und sie wird hingerichtet. Das Buch ist die Aufarbeitung dieser Geschichte.
Es ist einfach unglaublich. Es ist erschütternd. Es ist ein schweres Buch, keine leichte Lektüre - aber wer hätte bei Erich Fried auch Anderes erwartet.
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