Michael Hofmann

Michael Hofmann’s translation of Berlin Alexanderplatz appeared in March; his new book of poems, One Lark, One Horse, is out now.

In the LRB Archive:

• At One with the Universe: Emil Nolde · 27 September 2018

  • Emil Nolde: Colour Is Life

• Two Poems · 30 August 2018

• The State with the Prettiest Name: ‘Florida’ · 24 May 2018

  • Florida by Lauren Groff

• Out of Babel: Thomas Bernhard Traduced · 14 December 2017

  • Collected Poems by Thomas Bernhard, translated by James Reidel

• Alphabetophile: Eley Williams · 7 September 2017

  • Attrib. and Other Stories by Eley Williams
  • Frit by Eley Williams

• Two Poems · 27 July 2017

• Après-Mao: Yiyun Li · 15 June 2017

  • Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li

• At the Met · 16 February 2017

• Snap among the Witherlings: Wallace Stevens · 22 September 2016

  • The Whole Harmonium: The Life of Wallace Stevens by Paul Mariani

• Hoo-Hooing in the Birch: Tomas Tranströmer · 16 June 2016

  • Bright Scythe: Selected Poems by Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Patty Crane

• Muted Ragu Tones: David Szalay · 21 April 2016

  • All That Man Is by David Szalay

• Poem: ‘Forgetfulness’ · 18 February 2016

• Stalin is a joker: Milan Kundera · 2 July 2015

  • The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera, translated by Linda Asher

• A Big Life: Seamus Heaney · 4 June 2015

  • New Selected Poems 1988-2013 by Seamus Heaney

• Poem: ‘Derrick’ · 19 February 2015

• Is his name Alwyn?: Richard Flanagan’s Sticky Collage · 18 December 2014

  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

• Splashing through the Puddles: Amis in Auschwitz · 23 October 2014

  • The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

• All Fresh Today: Karen Solie · 3 April 2014

  • The Living Option: Selected Poems by Karen Solie

• Imagine Tintin: Basil Bunting · 9 January 2014

  • A Strong Song Tows Us: The Life of Basil Bunting by Richard Burton

• Mostly Middle: Elizabeth Bishop · 8 September 2011

  • Poems by Elizabeth Bishop

• Reger said: Thomas Bernhard · 4 November 2010

  • Old Masters: A Comedy by Thomas Bernhard, translated by Ewald Osers

• Five Poems · 25 March 2010
  Günter Eich translated by Michael Hofmann

• Vermicular Dither: Stefan Zweig · 28 January 2010

  • The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell

• The Colour of His Eyes: Hugo von Hofmannsthal · 12 March 2009

  • The Whole Difference: Selected Writings of Hugo von Hofmannsthal edited by J.D. McClatchy

• Poem: ‘Letter from Australia’ · 9 October 2008

• Reading with No Clothes on: Guernsey’s Bard · 24 January 2008

  • The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards

• Two Poems · 13 December 2007

• Perfect and Serene Oddity: The Strangeness of Robert Walser · 16 November 2006

  • Speaking to the Rose: Writings, 1912-32 by Robert Walser, edited and translated by Christopher Middleton

• Carousel: Zagajewski’s Charm · 15 December 2005

  • Selected Poems by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh, Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry and C.K. Williams
  • A Defence of Ardour: Essays by Adam Zagajewski

• Five Poems · 23 June 2005
  Günter Eich translated by Michael Hofmann

• Two Poems · 4 November 2004
  Durs Grünbein translated by Michael Hofmann

• His Own Prophet: Read Robert Lowell! · 11 September 2003

  • Collected Poems by Robert Lowell, edited by Frank Bidart and David Gewanter

• Imbalance: The Charm of Hugo Williams · 22 May 2003

  • Collected Poems by Hugo Williams

• Poem: ‘Broken Nights’ · 3 April 2003

• His spectacles reflected only my window, its curtains and my rubber plant: Hjalmar Söderberg · 28 November 2002

  • Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg, translated by Paul Britten Austin
  • The Serious Game by Hjalmar Söderberg, translated by Eva Claeson

• Slowly/Swiftly: James Schuyler · 7 February 2002

  • Last Poems by James Schuyler
  • Alfred and Guinevere by James Schuyler

• The Excavation · 4 January 2001
  Joseph Roth translated by Michael Hofmann

• Three Poems · 2 July 1998

• Proust? Ha! · 21 August 1997

  • A Book of Memories by Péter Nádas, translated by Ivan Sanders and Imre Goldstein

• The Rear-View Mirror · 31 October 1996

  • The End of the Story by Lydia Davis
  • Break it Down by Lydia Davis

• Catching · 23 May 1996

  • Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew by John Felstiner
  • Breathturn by Paul Celan, translated by Pierre Joris

• Poem: ‘Still Life’ · 4 January 1996

• Three Poems · 22 June 1995

• Good Things · 20 April 1995

  • Heart’s Journey in Winter by James Buchan

• Poem: ‘Scylla’ · 20 October 1994

• That Brecht was a nasty piece of work, and he didn’t even write his own plays · 20 October 1994

  • The Life and Lies of Bertolt Brecht by John Fuegi

• Sevenyearson · 22 September 1994

  • Walking a Line by Tom Paulin

• Three Poems · 21 July 1994

• Main Man · 7 July 1994

  • Walking Possession: Essays and Reviews 1968-1993 by Ian Hamilton
  • Gazza Italia by Ian Hamilton

• Three Poems · 10 February 1994

• Lowry’s Planet · 27 January 1994

  • Pursued by Furies: A life of Malcolm Lowry by Gordon Bowker
  • The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry edited by Kathleen Scherf

• Don’t blub · 7 October 1993

  • Stand before Your God: Growing up to Be a Writer by Paul Watkins

• In the Doghouse · 27 May 1993

  • What Remains, and Other Stories by Christa Wolf, translated by Heike Schwarzbauer and Rick Takvorian
  • The Writer’s Dimension: Selected Essays by Christa Wolf, edited by Alexander Stephan, translated by Jan van Heurck

• Aunts and Uncles · 19 November 1992

  • A Feast in the Garden by George Konrad, translated by Imre Goldstein
  • Wartime Lies by Louis Begley
  • Brothers by Carmelo Samona, translated by Linda Lappin
  • Rolling by Thomas Healy

• Three Poems · 10 September 1992

• Here comes the end of the world · 23 July 1992

  • Bohin Manor by Tadeusz Konwicki, translated by Richard Lourie

• Praying for an end · 30 January 1992

  • Scenes from a Disturbed Childhood by Adam Czerniawski
  • Crossing: The Discovery of Two Islands by Jakov Lind
  • The Unheeded Warning 1918-1933 by Manes Sperber, translated by Harry Zohn

• Dazzling Philosophy · 15 August 1991

  • Seeing things by Seamus Heaney

• Montale’s Eastbourne · 23 May 1991

  • The Coastguard’s House by Eugenio Montale, translated by Jeremy Reed

• Muldoon – A Mystery · 20 December 1990

  • Madoc – A Mystery by Paul Muldoon

• Two Poems · 25 October 1990

• Poem: ‘Lament for Crassus’ · 26 October 1989

• Two Poems · 6 July 1989

• Three Poems · 5 May 1988

• Michael Hofmann reads his father’s book · 25 June 1987

  • Our Conquest by Gert Hofmann, translated by Christopher Middleton

• Conspiratorial Hapsburger · 5 March 1987

  • Hotel Savoy by Joseph Roth, translated by John Hoare

• Poem: ‘The Late Richard Dadd, 1817-1886’ · 4 December 1986

• Poem: ‘The Machine that Cried’ · 3 April 1986

• Poem: ‘Days of 1985’ · 19 December 1985

• Poem: ‘Digital Recordings’ · 20 June 1985

• Winking at myself · 7 March 1985

  • The Weight of the World by Peter Handke, translated by Ralph Manheim

• Two Poems · 18 October 1984

• Poem: ‘From Kensal Rise to Heaven’ · 17 May 1984

• Poem: ‘In the Realm of the Senses’ · 16 February 1984

• Two Poems · 17 November 1983

• Three Poems · 4 August 1983

• Poem: ‘On Fanø’ · 3 February 1983

• Poem: ‘Kleist in Paris’ · 16 September 1982

• Two Poems · 6 May 1982

• Poem: ‘Eclogue’ · 4 February 1982

• Two Poems · 1 October 1981

• Two Poems · 2 July 1981

• Poem: ‘Miracles of Science’ · 19 March 1981

• Michael Hofmann on the steady state of Patricia Beer · 18 September 1980

  • Selected Poems by Patricia Beer
  • The Venetian Vespers by Anthony Hecht
  • Nostalgia for the Present by Andrei Voznesensky
  • Reflections on the Nile by Ronald Bottrall
  • Summer Palaces by Peter Scupham

• Seven Poems · 4 September 1980

• Poem: ‘La Nuit Américaine’ · 22 May 1980

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