About the Author

Michael Hamburger (1924-2007) was born in Berlin and came to Britain in 1933. Among the many authors he has translated from are Holderlin, Goethe, Paul Celan and Peter Huchel. He is equally acclaimed as one of Britain's leading poets of the period since World War II. Anvil publishes his 'Collected Poems 1941-1994' and his subsequent collections.