Garden of Theophrastus: Selected Poems

by Peter Huchel

This new edition of The Garden of Theophrastus brings back into print one of Germany's finest recent poets, in translations by his close friend Michael Hamburger. Peter Huchel (1903-1981) wrote amidst the political turmoil of twentieth-century Germany before the country's re-unification. A highly influential figure in the former East Germany, he edited the magazine Sinn und Form there until 1962 but was dismissed for indulging too "liberal"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0856463442
• ISBN13: 9780856463440
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Anvil Press Poetry
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"