Rose Ausländer's status as a poet is now undisputed. After decades during which her name was known only among connoisseurs, she now naturally ranks among the classics of modern literature, with her poems standing on equal footing alongside those of Nelly Sachs and Else Lasker-Schüler. Her work once again demonstrates the power of literature: her voice emerges from the darkness of an inhumane fate and yet speaks convincingly of beauty and light. On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the great lady of German poetry's death on January 3, 2008, this volume gathers unpublished poems and short prose from her estate.