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Hans Magnus Enzensberger

(1929–2022) Poet

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Hans Magnus Enzensberger was a poet.

Quick Facts About Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Born: November 11, 1929
Died: November 24, 2022
Profession: Poet

About Hans Magnus Enzensberger

[Wikidata] German writer and editor (1929–2022)... | [Wikipedia] Hans Magnus Enzensberger was a German author, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Andreas Thalmayr, Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt and Giorgio Pellizzi. Enzensberger was regarded as one of the literary founding figures of the Federal Republic of Germ

Quotes by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

I don't wish to defend everything that has been done in the name of Utopia. But I think many of the attacks…

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Blueprints

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The reality in which a camera turns up is always posed, e.g., the moon landing.

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Cameras

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Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.

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Orientation

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A pathological business, writing, don't you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all…

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Business

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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka- Seltzer into a glass- you don't see it, but somehow it does something

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Culture

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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

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Greatness

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