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Five Poems subscriber-only content

Günter Eich

translated by Michael Hofmann

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Günter Eich (1907-72) was a poet, translator from Chinese and writer of radio plays. Michael Hofmann’s translation of Irmgard Keun’s novel Child of All Nations is out from Penguin this month. His Selected Poems are out from Faber.