Tuesday, 11/5/2024
at 7:00 PM


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Concentration, condensation. Intensity – the poetry of Peter Rühmkorf

"If there is an inalienable law for poetry, it is: concentration, condensation. Intensity; in the poem something must happen in every line, formal aspects, it’s all about accumulating energy, creating linguistic tensions, condensing electricity; the poet must be able to take down a man with four lines; those who cannot pull themselves together should write novels, they are not suitable for poetry." Peter Rühmkorf, who was named by the FAZ in the year of his death in 2008 as the "most significant German-speaking poet of the second half of the 20th century", noted this poetic confession in 1956 under his pseudonym Leslie Meier. The captivating 'Rühmkorf sound' is above all one thing: unmistakable.

On the occasion of the publication of the first of three volumes of poetry in the Oevelgönner edition, published by the Arno Schmidt Foundation in conjunction with the German Literature Archive Marbach, the three great Rühmkorf experts Stephan Opitz, Bernd Rauschenbach, and Jan Philipp Reemtsma will read a cross-section from Rühmkorf's lyrical work. The focus will be on the very early poems, which are being published for the first time.

Photo Jan Philipp Reemtsma © Daniel Reinhardt

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