Georg Trakl — a remark

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“I am tied to my fate by thread made of iron and tears.”

Original: Ich bin an mein Schicksal gebunden durch einen Faden aus Eisen und Tränen. — Reflects a gloomy deterministic view of his destiny · Letter to Ludwig von Ficker, 1914 (German)

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Georg Trakl

3 February 1887–3 November 1914

In the brief span of twenty-seven years, Georg Trakl created a body of work that would forever alter the landscape of German-language poetry. His verses, saturated with autumnal imagery, spiritual anguish, and apocalyptic visions, emerged from the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and spoke to a civilization on…

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