Complete Poems of Georg Trakl

This edition of the complete poems of Georg Trakl is identical in format and arrangement to the historically critical edition published by Walther Killy and Hans Szeklenar. Not only does it present the impressive oeuvre of the great expressionist poet in its entirety, but by including all available versions, it also makes Trakl's working methods, the poetic economy of his approach, and the creation of his poems comprehensible. To further illustrate this, the appendix of this paperback edition includes a selection of the apparatus from the historically critical edition.

"His eyes were far away. As a boy, he was already in heaven. That is why his words emerged on blue and white clouds."

Else Laske-Schüler

Georg Trakl, born on February 3, 1887, in Krakow, was the son of an ironmonger.