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Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Born

in Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany

November 11, 1929

Died

November 24, 2022

Genre

Poetry, Biography

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Cyrillic: Ханс Магнус Енценсбергер

Hans Magnus Enzensberger was a German author, poet, translator and editor. He had also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr.

Enzensberger was regarded as one of the literary founding figures of the Federal Republic of Germany and wrote more than 70 books. He was one of the leading authors in the Group 47, and influenced the 1968 West German student movement. He was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize and the Pour Le Mérite, among many others.

He wrote in a sarcastic, ironic tone in many of his poems. For example, the poem "Middle Class Blues" consists of various typicalities of middle class life, with the phrase "we can't complain" repeated several times, and concludes with "what are we waiting f ...more

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	The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Michael Henry Heim (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 7,519 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El corto verano de la anarquía: Vida y muerte de Buenaventura Durruti by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Julio Forcat (Translator), Ulrike Hartmann (Translator) 4.34 avg rating — 1,075 ratings — published 1972 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silences of Hammerstein by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Martin Chalmers (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2008 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where Were You, Robert? by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Anthea Bell (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 1998 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sinking of the Titanic: A Poem 3.69 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1978 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El perdedor radical: Ensayo sobre los hombres del terror by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Richard Gross (Translator) 3.47 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intelligentsuse eksiaias. Idioodijuht (Loomingu Raamatukogu, #2/2015) by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Maarja Kangro (Translator) 3.47 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	در ستایش بی‌سوادی by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, محمود حدادی (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El gentil monstruo de Bruselas o Europa bajo tutela by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Richard Gross (Translator) 3.22 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2011 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tumult 3.40 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Mond scheint ins Zimmer. Nichts ist real.
Jeder Augenblick unergründlich, die Welt
Kolossales Echo im Labyrinth der Sinne.”
― Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Rebus; Gedichte

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“Cuando la burguesía ve huir el poder de sus manos, recurre al fascismo para mantenerse.

Buenaventura Durruti”
― Hans Magnus Enzensberger, El corto verano de la anarquía: Vida y muerte de Buenaventura Durruti

tags: anarchism, anarquismo

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“Who is to emerge from the flood if we go under in it?”
― Hans Magnus Enzensberger

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