German poetry after the Berlin Wall

Published: Nov. 15, 2019, 10 p.m.

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Ian McMillan explores German poetry after the fall of the Berlin Wall \\u2013 with two of Germany\\u2019s most celebrated and groundbreaking poets Durs Gr\\xfcnbein and Nora Gomringer. He is also joined by Professor Karen Leeder who\\u2019s explored the ways in which contemporary German literature is \\u2018haunted\\u2019 by the GDR, and by Ira Lightman who reads a new poem haunted by Rainer Maria Rilke \\u2013 the German language poet most often translated into English - and a translation of one of Durs' poems.

Presenter: Ian McMillan\\nProducer: Faith Lawrence

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