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Is he worth reading?

>> No.16475699
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>>16475693
only if you jerk of to this skank

>> No.16475912

>>16475693
>>16475699
>"Germanies greatest poet"

- Heidegger

>> No.16475923

>>16475693
if you are highly proficient in german then yes, hes not easy to read

>> No.16476004

Im Finstern wohnen
Die Adler und furchtlos gehn
Die Söhne der Alpen über den Abgrund weg
Auf leichtgebaueten Brücken.

I prefer Heine though

>> No.16476013

Any good translations of him?

>> No.16476022

>>16475693
Who wrote him?

>> No.16476028

>literally one of the greatest poets
>is he worth reading
No.

>> No.16476125

yes, especially if you are a Greek fag. I don't know anything about translation quality though. His poetry is not easy to get used to in German, he's much harder to read than his contemporaries Goethe and Schiller.

>> No.16476218

>>16476013
Eric Santner. Although reading German poetry in English translation is pure intellectual laziness

>> No.16476251

>>16476218
Thanks!
Shame the one semester of German I took hasn't stayed inside my nogin.

>> No.16477310

Was writing a translation comparison but my power went out.
Will try to post it sometime today.

>> No.16477741

Hyperion is a great read (in German at least).