![]() ![]() In fact, there has been a Mayröcker boom in the English-speaking world over the past fifteen years or so. ![]() Of the poets represented here Friederike Mayröcker is probably the only one whose work is extensively available in English translation. Ilse Aichinger and Erich Fried were obvious choices because we had studied their poetry as academics and spent a considerable amount of time translating it for our own pleasure. Artmann, Peter Turrini, and Peter Henisch the last two being, of course, better known as authors of plays (Turrini) and prose fiction (Henisch). Among them were some famous names, including: Ernst Jandl, H. In fact, Wolfgang had met a number of them in his tender youth when they visited his high school in Linz, gave readings and discussed their work with student audiences. We, for our part, wished to present authors we were familiar with and the quality of whose work we were personally convinced of. Our selection is eminently – and unblushingly – subjective other editors, we are sure, would or could come up with a dozen poets (or more) of their own choosing, completely different and with quite as much claim upon our attention. This small selection of Austrian poetry published in the past forty years is the first – to our knowledge – to appear in a UK little magazine, whether in print or online. I would also like to express my appreciation to Wolfgang and David for their illuminating introduction, and to all the remaining translators for their commitment to this project.ĪUSTRIAN POETRY 1980-2020 by Wolfgang Görtschacher & David Malcolm Thanks are of course due to them for their help and encouragement. I would like to thank Wolfgang Görtschacher and David Malcolm for the scrupulous care they have taken over the co-ordination of this supplement of contemporary Austrian poetry and for the time they have spent liaising with the publishers concerned for permissions. ![]()
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