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Dialoge zwischen Unsterblichen, Lebendigen und Toten
Tres diálogos componen esta obra. en el primero de ellos, Chuang Tzu, uno de los fundadores del taoísmo en China, consigue resucitar a un muerto para conversar con él sobre la tiranía del tiempo, la vida y la muerte. En el segundo, Diderot es entrevistad
213 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1992
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Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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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 for?". Many of his poems also feature themes of civil unrest over economic- and class-based issues. Though primarily a poet and essayist, he also ventured into theatre, film, opera, radio drama, reportage and translation. He wrote novels and several books for children (including The Number Devil, an exploration of mathematics) and was co-author of a book for German as a foreign language, (Die Suche). He often wrote his poems and letters in lower case.
Enzensberger also invented and collaborated in the construction of a machine which automatically composes poems (Landsberger Poesieautomat). This was used during the 2006 Football World Cup to commentate on games.
Tumult, written in 2014, is an autobiographical reflection of his 1960s as a left-wing sympathizer in the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Enzensberger translated Adam Zagajewski, Lars Gustafsson, Pablo Neruda, W. H. Auden and César Vallejo. His own work has been translated into more than 40 languages.
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 for?". Many of his poems also feature themes of civil unrest over economic- and class-based issues. Though primarily a poet and essayist, he also ventured into theatre, film, opera, radio drama, reportage and translation. He wrote novels and several books for children (including The Number Devil, an exploration of mathematics) and was co-author of a book for German as a foreign language, (Die Suche). He often wrote his poems and letters in lower case.
Enzensberger also invented and collaborated in the construction of a machine which automatically composes poems (Landsberger Poesieautomat). This was used during the 2006 Football World Cup to commentate on games.
Tumult, written in 2014, is an autobiographical reflection of his 1960s as a left-wing sympathizer in the Soviet Union and Cuba.
Enzensberger translated Adam Zagajewski, Lars Gustafsson, Pablo Neruda, W. H. Auden and César Vallejo. His own work has been translated into more than 40 languages.
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February 2, 2023
Tre (im)possibili chiacchierate
L'idea di Enzensberger non è unica, ovviamente - ricordo solo "Le intervista impossibili" trasmesse su Radio3 negli anni '70 e raccolte (in parte) in alcuni volumi di Giorgio Manganelli.
Qui le conversazioni sono tre: Alexander Herzen con un giovane attivista, il saggio Chang-Tsu con un morto (e con spiriti, Dio del Destino e un gendarme) ed infine Diderot con un intervistatore del secolo XX.
Tra tutti, il miglior dialogo è sicuramente quello ambientato in Cina, dove l'ironia filosofica è sottile e piacevolissima e l'atmosfera della spiritualità orientale sottende una specie di lunga storiella Zen. Dove i confini tra morte e vita, viventi e defunti svaniscono, non solo negli insegnamenti del saggio, ma anche nella sua stessa esistenza.
Il libro si legge con piacere e velocità, i dialoghi consistono in una serie di battute che, per quanto gli argomenti siano "alti" (la rivoluzione, la vita e la morte, il futuro e la cultura), rendono la lettura assolutamente non complicata.
L'idea di Enzensberger non è unica, ovviamente - ricordo solo "Le intervista impossibili" trasmesse su Radio3 negli anni '70 e raccolte (in parte) in alcuni volumi di Giorgio Manganelli.
Qui le conversazioni sono tre: Alexander Herzen con un giovane attivista, il saggio Chang-Tsu con un morto (e con spiriti, Dio del Destino e un gendarme) ed infine Diderot con un intervistatore del secolo XX.
Tra tutti, il miglior dialogo è sicuramente quello ambientato in Cina, dove l'ironia filosofica è sottile e piacevolissima e l'atmosfera della spiritualità orientale sottende una specie di lunga storiella Zen. Dove i confini tra morte e vita, viventi e defunti svaniscono, non solo negli insegnamenti del saggio, ma anche nella sua stessa esistenza.
Il libro si legge con piacere e velocità, i dialoghi consistono in una serie di battute che, per quanto gli argomenti siano "alti" (la rivoluzione, la vita e la morte, il futuro e la cultura), rendono la lettura assolutamente non complicata.
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