Sunday, September 29, 2013

A Translation of "Unsterblichkeit ist unmöglich" by Thomas Bernhard

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Immortality Is Impossible [1] A trait shared by all the members of my great family—a family whose roots may be doggedly traced into th...
Monday, September 16, 2013

A Translation of "Politische Morgenandacht" by Thomas Bernhard

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Matutinal Meditation on Politics [1] Meditation: the orientation of one’s thoughts towards a given subject Meyers Konverationsl...

A Translation of "Junge Köpfe. Thomas Bernhard" by Thomas Bernhard

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Young Minds [1] Thomas Bernhard Thomas Bernhard was born on February 10, 1931 in Heerlen , Holland .  He is a citizen of Salzburg...
Monday, September 02, 2013

A Translation of "Dichter über Georg Trakl" by Thomas Bernhard

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Poets on Georg Trakl [1] This month marks what would have been the seventieth birthday of the poet Georg Trakl.  The Akademiker has po...

A Translation of "Ein Wort an junge Schriftsteller" by Thomas Bernhard

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A Word to Young Writers What you young writers need is nothing but life itself, nothing but earthly beauty and squalor; in other words ...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

A Translation of "Salzburg wartet auf ein Theaterstück" by Thomas Bernhard

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Salzburg is Waiting for a Play [1] We are waiting.  We keep waiting and waiting for the Salzburg State Theater finally to put on a pla...

A Translation of "Salzburg: Kokoschka and Manzù" by Thomas Bernhard

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Salzburg , in July In the white room of the archiepiscopal palace Oscar Kokoschka is exhibiting his most recent works.  These afford no...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

A Translation of "Von schwarzen Sonnen und heiterem Gemüt" by Thomas Bernhard

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Of Black Suns and a Bright Outlook [1] A Stroll through Salzburg’s Art Exhibitions Pen-and-ink drawing is at its best when it impulsi...

A Translation of "Das Werk von Josef Weinheber" by Thomas Bernhard

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The Works of Josef Weinheber [1] Josef Weinheber : COLLECTED WORKS: Vols, 1, 2, and 3.  Edited by Josef Nadler and Hedwig Weinheber.  ...

Gould versus Rosen

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About three weeks ago as of this writing (May 11, 2013), I learned, via a Google search to see what he had been up to lately, of...