Well-known poet and translator Hofman gathers a varied range of poems from the German canon—better-known poets and writers like Rilke, Georg Trakl, Brecht, Celan and Günter Grass, meet many ...

John Rosenwald, a poet and activist, has published a book of translations of 20th century German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Sonnets to Orpheus.” Rosenwald holds a copy of Rilke’s ...

When I was a child two German girls came to help my mother in the house. It was just after the war. The small towns of Germany were in the grip of winter, hunger, and disgrace. These girls, who were ...

"Tibor de Nagy Gallery Painters and Poets" is currently on show through March 5, 2011. Editor's Note: Jeffrey Brown talked to poet John Ashbery in 2007. Click here to watch that segment.

Poet John Ashbery, seen here in his New York apartment in 2008, is widely regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest poets. He died at the age of 90 on Sunday, at his home in Hudson, N.Y.

Mellon Foundation grant supports UD Library project focused on 20th-century poet-activists of color The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press was recently awarded a $250,000 grant from the ...

Müller, arguably the most important German playwright of the late 20th century, wrote, “To use Brecht without criticizing him is treason.” In more ways than one, this year’s Brecht Festival ...

It was, at one time, a striking fact that many of the most prominent and respected poets of the early 20th century were also prolific literary and cultural critics.

Appraisal: 20th-Century German Silver Hanukkah Menorah, from Santa Clara, Hour 1.