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A Glass Door, Wide Open
When Christoph Meckel’s Gesammelte Gedichte (Collected Poems) were published in 2015, an oeuvre came to light that the Spiegel said “could also be read as an artist’s novel … ...
moreChristoph Meckel
Christoph Meckel was born in Berlin in 1935 and now lives in Berlin and Freiburg. He was awarded the Rainer Maria Rilke Prize, the Joseph Breitbach Prize and the Hölty Prize in 2016. Hanser most recently published Gottgewimmer (poems, 2010), Luis & Luis (stories, 2012), Tarnkappe. Gesammelte Gedichte (2015) and Kein Anfang und kein Ende. Zwei Poeme (2017).
No Beginning and No End
When Christoph Meckel’s Gesammelte Gedichte (Collected Poetry) was published in 2015, readers and critics acclaimed him as one of the great German poets of the present day. His new volume, ...
moreMagic Cloak Collected Poems
Christoph Meckel is beyond doubt one of the leading post-war poets, yet remains a literary maverick and outsider. »I know of no other contemporary German poet who has captured the lieder ...
moreNight Season
Toby is roughly 19 or thereabouts – he doesn't know his precise date of birth. Nor does he know much about the city where he lives – it's far too big. All he knows is its seamy side, the ...
moreThe Knife's Soul
In his new volume of poems Christoph Meckel continues his lyrical explorations whose poles are demarcated by the two main cycles, "Flutlicht" (Floodlights) and "Feuereimer" (Fire Bucket). Public ...
moreOne Will Remain to Bear Witness
The individual in the context of contemporary history: In his superbly crafted cycle of stories, Christoph Meckel once again examines historical developments through the magnifying glass of ...
moreA Vague No-Death in the Shadows of Trees
A selection from the extensive poetic works of Christoph Meckel, collected by fellow-poet Lutz Seiler.
Christoph Meckel's comprehensive and multi-facetted poetic œuvre, assembled over ...