Hilde Domin

English translations by Meg Taylor and Elke Heckel

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This selection of 56 English translations of poems by the German writer Hilde Domin (1909 - 2006) is the product of an extended collaborative effort by Meg Taylor (English) and Elke Heckel (German).

The original poems

These come from a number of sources:

Karl Otto Conrad Das grosse deutsche Gedichtebuch 1978. Athenaeum Verlag
Hilde Domin Nur eine Rose als Stütze 1959. S. Fischer Verlag.
Hilde Domin Gesammelte Gedichte 1987. S. Fischer Verlag.
Hilde Domin Der Baum blüht trotzdem 2006. S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main.