Günter Eich (1907–1972)
Author of Träume. Vier Spiele
About the Author
Works by Günter Eich
Pigeons and Moles: Selected Writings of Günter Eich (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) (1991) 8 copies
Träume Hörspiele 2 copies
Gesammelte Werke: Gesammelte Werke, 4 Bde., rev. Ausg., Bd.1, Die Gedichte; Die Maulwürfe: Bd 1 (1991) 2 copies
Abgelegene Gehöfte Gedichte 1 copy
Gesammelte Werke in vier Bänden. Revidierte Ausgabe: Bd. 1: Die Gedichte, Die Maulwürfe / Bd. 2: Die… (1991) 1 copy
Fünfzehn Hörspiele 1 copy
Alkoholfreie Getränke 1 copy
Ausgewählte Gedichte 1 copy
Poems 1 copy
Salzburger Bachmann Edition: »halten wir einander fest und halten wir alles fest!«. Der Briefwechsel… (2021) 1 copy
Träume: vier Spiele 1 copy
Unter Wasser 1 copy
Der Tiger Jussuf 1 copy
Gedichte, Prosa, Hörspiele 1 copy
Über Günter Eich 1 copy
Mes taupes 1 copy
Literature and alienation 1 copy
Associated Works
Moderne Erzahler 1 — Author — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Eich, Günter
- Other names
- EICH, Günter
EICH, Guenter
EICH, Gunter - Birthdate
- 1907-02-01
- Date of death
- 1972-12-20
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Lebus, Brandenburg, Deutschland
Lebus, Germany - Place of death
- Salzburg, Salzburg, Österreich
- Occupations
- lawyer
orientalist
poet
audio dramatist - Relationships
- Aichinger, Ilse (wife)
Eich, Clemens (son) - Organizations
- Reichsschrifttumskammer
Gruppe 47 - Awards and honors
- Georg Büchner Preis (1959)
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Statistics
- Works
- 62
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 251
- Popularity
- #91,086
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 54
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 3
Hofmann also says that in translating the works, ranging over Eich’s lifetime, he discovered in them “for me the source of the quiet and immense and eerie power of each: words are like stray, chance, isolated survivals after some catastrophe, of unpredictable utility and beauty.” As a side note, Eich’s poetry is compared to the art of Paul Klee.
Within the poetry itself, broken into sections of Eich’s life, there is an array of symbolism with a focus on plants, food, landscape, and travel. Some are romantic, as in Munich-Frankfurt Express where he describes a train trip to see his beloved and “my desire to grow old in the vicinity of your voice.” He can also reflect on WWII with grief in Memorial:
The moors we wanted to hike have been drained.
Their turf has warmed our evenings.
The wind is full of black dust.
It scours the names off the gravestones
and etches this day
into us.
In Dreams he combines the symbolism of travel on the earth with travel in the heart:
There are road signs,
and easily discernible river course,
lookout points in elevated positions,
maps where the lakes are in blue and the forests in green-
It’s easy to find one’s way around in the world.
But you, companion at my side, how hidden from me
is the landscape of your heart!
Feeling my way in the fog, I am often overcome with fear
of the thickets and the hidden precipice.
I know you don’t like your thoughts to be traced,
the echo of your words is intended to mislead-
Roads going nowhere,
pathless terrain, lapsed signage.
This collection is comprehensive and reveals how Eich's outlook changes from youth through illness as he ages, since the poems are spread across 1948-1972. I found this a great exploration of German poetry.… (more)