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KARIN KIWUS. Born 1942 in Berlin. Worked as an editor with Suhrkamp Verlag over the mid-1970s, and is now Secretary of the Literature Section of the West German Academy of Arts in West Berlin. With her first book of poems, Von beiden Seiten der Gegenwart (Suhrkamp 1976), she became associated with various other younger poets to whom a “new sensibility” was attributed. Angenommen später appeared in 1979. Certainly one of the most intelligent and least flowery of the many interesting younger women poets in West Germany at present.

OSKAR PASTIOR. Born 1927 in Transylvanian Romania. Worked as a radio editor until his move to West Berlin in 1968: has eked out a living by work for radio in Berlin, while establishing himself as one of the most curious linguistic inventors of the post-Concrete period. His books include Vom Sichersten ins Tausendste (1969), Gedichtgedichte (1969), Höricht (1975 - originally radio texts), An die neue Aubergine: Zeichen und Plunder (1976), Fleischeslust (1976), Ein Tangopoem und andere Texte (1978), Der krimgothische Fächer (1978), the last being “songs and ballads” in an invented “Crimean Gothic” language, with an appendix of pen-drawings with textual components. Awarded the Rilke Prize in 1979.

GUENTER KUNERT. Born 1929, in Berlin. Leading East German poet of his generation, widely published as a novelist and essayist also. He is at present living in Schleswig-Holstein on a 3-year exit visa from the DDR. Was poet-in-residence at Frankfurt, 1980-81. His most recent books are Abtötungsverfahren (Carl Hanser, 1980), and Ein Englisches Tagebuch (diary on a visit to England, dtv 1980).

ROLF-DIETER BRINKMANN died in England in 1975 after reading at the Poetry International. He was killed in a car-crash. He had at that time been for some years a recognised force on the “alternative” literature scene, with most of his book appearing in small editions, but some measure of official acclaim was already coming his way, with Rowohlt paperbacking his large collection Westwärts 1 & 2 in the year that he died. West is also available from the same publisher.

CHRISTOPHER MIDDLETON. Born 1926. English poet and translator. Has lived in Texas since 1966. His latest book of poems was Carminalenia (carcanet 1980). A cycle of primitivistic poems, Woden Dog, is due from Burning Deck toward the end of 1982. At present he is working on a Selected Poems of Goethe and on a new book of essays, to succeed Bolshevism in Art, which Carcanet published in 1977.

ALAN HALSEY is a poet and bookseller living in England. He is known for his verse poetry as well as for his concrete work, in particular Moorwords a long poem. His books can be ordered direct from him (address with other distributors.)

IAN ROBINSON is the editor of Telegram and of Oasis Books. He is a regular contributor here, whose latest book is Blown Footage (X Press, 1980). This, and his other hooks are available from IPD.

SIMON PERCHIK lives on Long Island in New York State. His latest book is The Club Fits Either Hand, (Elizabeth Press, distributed by SPD).

DAVID JAFFIN’s Selected Poems appeared early this year from Masada, Tel Aviv, with facing Hebrew translations. His Offshade and The Density for Color will appear as part of the 8th issue of Shearsman, later this year.

PHILIP CRICK’s Episodes is available as a Blue Guitar Book, and was published as part of the 4th issue of this magazine. He is currently at work on a critical book.

MARTIN ANDERSON teaches in Hong Kong, and is the author of The Kneeling Room, a Blue Guitar Book that appeared as part of Shearsman 4. His poetry has recently appeared in Longhouse, Palantir and Oasis.

CRAIG WATSON is an American poet who teaches at Brown University in Rhode Island. His first book, Drawing a Blank is published by Singing Horse Press of Philadelphia. A previous article on Royet-Journoud was in L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E.

DOCTOR PHILDEN SMITHER is an anagram of a well-known English poet, whose name I shall not reveal, but shall leave to the readers of this page.

CLAUDE ROYET-JOURNOUD is a French poet who has appeared in the pages of this magazine on two previous occasions, and whose ATE is still available as a Blue Guitar Book from the editor. His two French books are Le renversement (gallimard 1972), and Le notion d’obstacle (Gallimard 1978). A translation of the first book, by Keith Waldrop, appeared from Hellcoal Editions, Providence, R.I. in 1973.

KEITH WALDROP is an American poet and translator who also teaches at Brown. His books include Windfall Losses (Pourboire Press) and The Garden of Effort (Burning Deck).

GIL OTT is an American poet, resident in Philadelphia who edits the magazine Paper Air and the Singing Horse Press. His books include Maize (Pentagram Press, distrib. Bookslinger.)

FRANK SAMPERI lives in New York City, and is the author of several books, most of which constitute part of larger series - the best known of which are the Mushinsha/Grossman books of the early 70s, which collect 17 smaller books : Prefiguration, Quadrifariam, & Lumen Gloriae. More recently Station Hill have issued Letargo (dist. NYSSPA), and Querencia (dist. SPD) have issued A remotis. Station Hill have also announced their intention to publish Samperi’s translation of Dante’s Paradiso. No date has been mentioned however.

SABINE SOMMERKAMP lives in Hamburg, is writing a thesis on haiku in English, and its influence, and edits a “Haiku-Ecke” (Haiku-Corner) for the German literary magazine apropos. She also arranged the first “Federal German Haiku-Biennale” last year, in Hamburg.

GUSTAF SOBIN’s Celebration of the Sound Through appeared in 1982 from Montemora, distrib. NYSSPA. His Caesurae: Midsummer appeared a chaphook from Shearsman, being part of the 4th issue. Some copies are still available.

MICHAEL BULLOCK’s new book LINES FROM THE DARK WOOD came out recently from Third Eye Publications, London, Ontario. It costs C$7.95, and is very well designed. There is a review elsewhere in this issue. Besides being a poet and novelist (RANDOLPH CRANSTONE & THE GLASS THIMBLE - Marion Boyars), he is also a prolific painter. He teaches creative writing & translation at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

JOHN PERLMAN has a new book, POWERS, out from the Kachina Press. A notice will be found elsewhere in this issue. He has many other books out with the Elizabeth Press, all distributed by SPD. He lives and teaches in a high school in Mamaroneck, New York.

MICHAEL HAMBURGER’s latest book of poems is VARIATIONS (Carcanet 1981 distributed in the USA by Persea Books, and probably available through NYSSPA). A book of his translations of Peter Huchel was published some years ago by Carcanet, and a revised and enlarged edition - including the poems printed here - will be published in 1983.

PETER HUCHEL was born in 1903 in Berlin and grew up in Brandenburg. He began publishing poetry in 1924, but a first volume was only to appear, in Berlin, in 1948, to be followed by another in Karlsruhe a year later. After his return from POW camp in the USSR he became artistic director of the Berlin Radio, and from 1949 was editor-in-chief of the literary journal Sinn und Form, published by the East Berlin Academy of Arts. During the 50s and early 60s this was the most important journal of its type to appear in either Germany. He was forced to quit his post after the contents of one issue thoroughly displeased the authorities. For the next 9 years he lived near Potsdam as a kind of literary non-person, until 1971, when he was at at last allowed to leave for the Federal Republic. He lived at Staufen near Freiburg-im-Breisgau, until his death in the spring of 1981. His last books were Gezählte Tage (Suhrkamp 1972), Ausgewählte Gedichte (Selected Poems, Suhrkamp 1973), and Die Neunte Stunde (Suhrkamp 1979). Some further translations by Michael Hamburger appeared in the English magazine PN Review in 1981.