Michael Hofmann
Michael Hofmann is a poet. He has translated the works of many writers, including Brecht, Kafka, Fallada and Roth. He teaches at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Publications
Michael Hofmann on Granta.com
Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir
|
Issue 129
Essays & Memoir
|
Issue 129
Where the World War Began
Joseph Roth
The World War began in Sarajevo, on a balmy summer afternoon in 1914. It was...
Poetry
|
Issue 129
End of the Pier Show
Michael Hofmann
‘They were fascinated / by what they seemed to have contained.’
Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir
|
Issue 129
Essays & Memoir
|
Issue 129
Losses
Günter Grass
‘In the summer, my wife and I visited the small Danish island of Møn.‘
In ConversationIn Conversation
|
Issue 129
In Conversation
|
Issue 129
The Stone-Thrower from Eisenhuttenstadt
Max Thomas Mehr
‘Last year, a photograph was published on the back page of a Berlin daily. It depicted a German mother from the town of Eisenhuttenstadt.‘
Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir
|
Issue 129
Essays & Memoir
|
Issue 129
A Letter to my Sons: War’s End
Heinrich Böll
'No, it's not easier for you than it was for us: don't let them tell you otherwise'.
Essays & MemoirEssays & Memoir
|
Issue 129
Essays & Memoir
|
Issue 129
Resistance
Günter Grass
‘Isn’t it already apparent how the peace movement is slowing down, flagging, impotent?’