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Mar 20, 1770 — Jun 7, 1843· 73 yrs

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Friedrich Hölderlin

Also known as: Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin

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Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈkʁɪsti.aːn ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhœldɐliːn]; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a major German lyric poet, commonly associated with the artistic movement known as Romanticism.

Lauffen am Neckar, Kingdom of Württemberg
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The Consul awoke with the peculiar headache, dry throat, and sense of having forgotten a thousand dreams which only periods in cryogenic fugue could bring.

— from Hyperion, 1991

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Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin

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Poetry. Translated by James Mitchell. Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) is considered one of the great German poets, yet his works and reputation are not well known outside Germany. This is the third published edition of James Mitchell's highly regarded translations and presents some of the poet's signature works, including several chosen from the Late Hymns and the long years of his insanity.

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Hyperion

1991

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In the 29th century, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore, a civilisation of AIs. Modified humans known as Ousters live in space stations between stars and are engaged in conflict with the Hegemony. Numerous "Outback" planets have no farcasters and cannot be accessed without incurring significant time dilation. One of these planets is Hyperion, home to structures known as the Time Tombs, which are moving backwards in time and guarded by a legendary creature known as the Shrike. On the eve of an Ouster invasion of Hyperion, a final pilgrimage to the Time Tombs has been organized. The pilgrims decide that they will each tell their tale of how they were chosen for the pilgrimage.

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Selected poetry

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"Thomas Carlyle commented over 150 years ago that the name Goethe conjured up something vague and monstrous to English ears - a reaction still recognizable today. As a contribution towards redressing this situation this volume, published on the 250th anniversary of Goethe's birth, contains the largest selection of his poetry in English verse translation ever published. The poems (alongside their German originals) are arranged chronologically and, among much else, include his most famous lyric verse, longer poems in their entirety, passages from his poetic drama Faust and from his popular, but in English little-known, romantic idyll Hermann and Dorothea, and the whole of his long-suppressed masterpiece The Diary, sometimes referred to as the most erotic moral poem ever written. A substantial introduction sets the poetic work in the context of Goethe's often surprisingly unsettled life."--BOOK JACKET.

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