Erika Burkart Book order

Poetry. Translated from the German by Marc Vincenz. Observing the smallest movements across the moor from her bedroom window, Erika Burkart gives us passage into the innermost recesses of her mind. In a fleeting moment of observation, language, thought and intention are all intertwined. These deeply nuanced poems beautifully translated by Cliff Becker Prize finalist, Marc Vincenz, perceive waves of heat, feel the weight of snowflakes, hear the gentle rumblings within a tree or sense the intention of a bird in flight. In this, the last collection she saw published in her lifetime, Erika Burkart offers us a SECRET LETTER that contains the key to entering her world of poetry. This is the sensory, transcendental, far-reaching word-magic of a woman to whom poetry was the breath of life.

Poetry. Translated from the German and with an afterword by Mark Vincenz. "Erika Burkart is without a doubt the most unique, lyrical voice in contemporary Swiss literature." Peter von Matt "Burkart's poems leave behind much more than a fleeting trace in the snow. Her delicate poetic footsteps have long since inscribed themselves in the memory of nature and her readers." Deutschlandfunk "A moving swansong." Neue Zuricher Zeitung "Erika Burkart possessed something like a second sight. She saw people, nature, the world, with both an inner and outer vision." Bieler Tagblatt "