The Gallows Songs
$43.10
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
12 August 2025
Summary
A collection of dazzling, playful, and linguistically inventive poetry by one of Germany’s finest writers, in a classic translation that honors the author’s amazing verbal acrobatics.
Christian Morgenstern’s The Gallows Songs are some of the most delightful and imaginative creations of twentieth-century German poetry. Composed originally after an outing Morgenstern took with his friends to Gallows Hill near Potsdam, these lively, puckish poems envision Gallows Hill as a fanta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681379456 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1681379457 |
| Author: | Christian Morgenstern, Max Knight |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Poets |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 12 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 114mm |
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About The Author
Christian Morgenstern
Christian Morgenstern (1871-1914) was a German poet, writer, and translator born in Munich. He worked as a journalist in Berlin, and spent much of his life traveling through Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Most famous for his humorous and dreamlike poetry, he was also a translator of the works of Ibsen and Strindberg.
Max Knight (1909-1993) was a Jewish writer, editor, and translator. Born in Pilsen, then part of Austria, he worked as a journalist in Vienna and fled when the Nazis came to power. In 1941, he immigrated to the United States, where he was the editor of University of California Press. He received the Golden Cross of Honor from Austria.
Samuel Titan is an editor and literary translator based in Brazil. He has translated a number of French, German, and Argentinian authors into Portuguese, and has edited collections of essays by Erich Auerbach and Claude Levi-Strauss. He teaches comparative literature at the University of S o Paulo.
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