- GRÜNBEIN, Durs
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![[Conversation with Durs Grünbein]](../Images/Autoren/durs.jpg)
Conversation with Durs Grünbein, Berlin, Summer 1997
Photo © Louise E. Stoehr, The Second Dimension Press
Durs Grünbein is
considered to be one of the most important lyrical poets of the
younger generation. He was born in Dresden (then East Germany) in
1962, studied theater history for a while in East Berlin, and moved
to West Berlin in 1985, where he still lives. His first collection
of poems, Grauzone morgens [1988, Morning Gray Zone], which
made him famous over night, was published only in West Germany.
In his poetry, he interweaves the experiences of dislocation at
the end of the twentieth century with the traditions of the early-twentieth-century
Avan-Garde with great formal mastery. A maor new poetic voice in
German, Grünbein participates in the endeavor to come to terms
with the new realities of the twenty-first century, realities that
range in his volue of poems Nach den Satiren [After the
Sataires] from Alzheimer's Disease and the cultural heritage of
Western civilization to the "contemporary history" of
two World Wars and German division.
Aus einem alten Fahrtenbuch (From an Old Logbook ) from Fallen
und Falten: Vol. 1, No. 3
Den Teuren Toten (Our Dear Dead ): Vol. 2, No. 1
Novembertage (November Days) from Nach den Satiren
(Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1999)
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