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The year 2009 commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. As part of the Vanderbilt activities to celebrate this anniversary, a contest was started for writers in the German online literary forums Lese-lupe, Blauer Salon, ProLyKu, Lyrikecksil and the forum Otto Lenk. Of the submitted texts, a jury of peers and Prof. Dr. Justus Fetscher, the visiting Max-Kade Professor to Vanderbilt for Spring of 2009, have selected 49 texts to be included in this volume. Both poetry and prose, these texts re-flect thoughts, memories and human experiences during and after the Cold War. They show both the difficulty of bridging the gap of two separate German nations as well as the difficulties of reuniting a people after 40 years of separation.

Paperback book $6.80
ISBN: 978-0-557-10819-0
Copyright: © 2009 Beatrix Brockman, editor Standard Copyright License
Language: German/English
Country: United States
Edition: First Edition

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Einige Texte von mir sind enthalten. Unter anderem:

ummauert

mit der zeit
macht es müde:
nach luft ringen
nach raum

schwer ist das im zwangshemd
der moral oder rücksicht und pflicht

lieben müssen (müssen?)

und statt zu schreien
schlucke ich steine


immured

with time
it is tiring
to fight for air
for room

so heavy the chainmail
of morals or consideration and duty

to have to love (to have to?)

and instead of screaming
I swallow stones


by ELsa