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Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of My City

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Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of My City
AuthorDurs Grünbein
Original titlePorzellan. Poem vom Untergang meiner Stadt
TranslatorKaren Leeder
LanguageGerman
PublisherSuhrkamp Verlag
Publication date
2005
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
2020
Pages49
ISBN9783518417225

Porcelain: Poem on the Downfall of My City (German: Porzellan. Poem vom Untergang meiner Stadt) is a 2005 poetry collection by the German writer Durs Grünbein. It consists of 49 poems about the city of Dresden, lamenting its developments and destruction in February 1945 when the Allies of World War II subjected it to heavy aerial bombardment.[1][2][3]

The English interpretation by Karen Leeder received the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for 2021.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Opitz, Michael (27 September 2005). "Vom Untergang meiner Stadt" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ Osborne, Dora (2014). ""Diese heiklen Formen": Destruction and Desire in Durs Grünbein's Porzellan". The Germanic Review. 89 (1): 20–39. doi:10.1080/00168890.2014.875429.
  3. ^ Wells, Alexander (7 April 2021). "Dicey Forms: On Durs Grünbein's "Porcelain"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ^ "German – Schlegel-Tieck Prize". Society of Authors. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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