Georg Trakl

Georg Trakl (February 3, 1887 - November 3, 1914) was an Austrian poet, whose deeply disturbing work assaults the emotions with its powerful metaphors of destruction, death, the search for meaning, and a tenuous relationship with God.

Bibliography

Selected titles:

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• Der Herbst des Einsamen (The Autumn of The Lonely), 1920
• Gesang des Abgeschiedenen (Song of The Departed), 1933

In English:

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• DECLINE: 12 POEMS trans. Michael Hamburger, Guido Morris / Latin Press, 1952
• Twenty Poems of George Trakl, trans. James Wright & Robert Bly, The Sixties Press, 1961
• Selected Poems, Christopher Middleton, Jonathan Cape, 1968
• Georg Trakl: A Profile, ed. Frank Graziano, Logbridge-Rhodes, 1983
• The Golden Goblet: Selected Poems of Georg Trakl, 1887-1914, trans. Jamshid Shirani & A. Maziar, Ibex Publishers, 1994
• Song of the West: Selected Poems, trans. Robert Firmage, North Point Press, 1988
• Autumn Sonata: Selected Poems of Georg Trakl, trans. Daniel Simko, Asphodel Press, 1998