Rose Ausländer (1901-1988) is one of the great poets of the 20th century. Her poems are perfect craftsmanship - she masters everything that poets can learn. Her poems are perfect intellectual work - highly reflective and integrated into her poetic cosmos. And they are perfect heartfelt work - full of emotion and capable of evoking emotions. This triad creates the fascination that still captivates readers today. The life and work of Rose Ausländer are extraordinarily intertwined. All stages of her life are reflected in her poems: from childhood and youth to the Shoah and exile, and into old age and the anticipation of death. They speak of love, fear, the urgency of death, and also of happiness: "don't forget / happiness was there too" - and of the never-lost hope "that poetry is still possible.".