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Dragica Rajcic: Writing Women And War In The Margins, Laurel Cohen-Pfister
Dragica Rajcic: Writing Women And War In The Margins, Laurel Cohen-Pfister
German Studies Faculty Publications
Croatian-born Dragica Rajcic has received several awards for her poetry and short prose works. The author, who writes in German, permanently resides in Switzerland since fleeing war-torn Croatia in 1991. Rajcic's Heimat, she claims, is in language, not any place defined by geographical boundaries (Rajcic, 2009). Often praised for its sharp irony and cutting insight, Rajcic's language artfully deconstructs the reality it circumscribes. Defiant of the linguistic rules of grammar prescribed by High German, Rajcic's voice revels in its foreignness, in its ability to comment and critique precisely because it stands outside the realm of the familiar and expected. [ …
Autumn Day, Rainer Maria Rilke, Michael Ritterson
Autumn Day, Rainer Maria Rilke, Michael Ritterson
German Studies Faculty Publications
This is the English translation of the poem “Herbsttag” by Rainer Maria Rilke, from his Buch der Bilder (1902).
Kreuzberg/Calvary, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
Kreuzberg/Calvary, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
German Studies Faculty Publications
Utz Rachowski's poem "Kreuzberg," first published in 1995, appears here in English translation surrounded by the work of much younger talents.
Mein Lieblingstier / My Favorite Animal, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
Mein Lieblingstier / My Favorite Animal, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
German Studies Faculty Publications
This issue includes a profile of Utz Rachowski, who was writer in residence for German Studies in spring 2012, focusing on his earlier creative life under a repressive system and his continuing efforts to rebuild a free and humane society in unified Germany.
Four Poems By Utz Rachowski, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
Four Poems By Utz Rachowski, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
German Studies Faculty Publications
These four of Rachowski's poems were written at the conclusion of a visit to the US in 2008 and reflect his observations on poverty, freedom, slavery, and conflict in the US and West Africa.
Letzter Brief Von Hamlet / Final Letter From Hamlet, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
Letzter Brief Von Hamlet / Final Letter From Hamlet, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
German Studies Faculty Publications
This issue includes a profile of Utz Rachowski, who was writer in residence for German Studies in spring 2012, focusing on his earlier creative life under a repressive system and his continuing efforts to rebuild a free and humane society in unified Germany.
Interieur / Interior, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
Interieur / Interior, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
German Studies Faculty Publications
This poem, from a 1995 collection by a German Writer-in-Residence Utz Rachowski, appears with a facing-page translation by Ritterson in the inaugural issue of the arts review from Franklin & Marshall College.