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Ingeborg Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann

Ingeborg Bachmann, born on June 25, 1926, was a prominent Austrian poet. Her poetry is noted for its emotional depth and intellectual sophistication, often exploring themes of love, death, and existential concerns. Bachmann is considered one of the most significant German-language poets of the 20th century. more

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“Silent night, holy night, when the bough flies from the tree and is hung everywhere, when from tables the crusts fly, when the gifts begin to tremble because lovelessness walks through the world, because it snarls at you, barks at you from the snow, and the silver ribbons rip and the tinsel rustles silvery, and the silver and gold, and a golden word come to you on which you choke because you have been sold and betrayed, and because it does not suffice that for you one is redeemed who once died.”

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