The dawn of words

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The Dawn of Words , fully titled The Dawn of Words. Modern Poetry Atlas of the Roma and Sinti is an anthology of poetry that appeared in 2018 in the book series Die Andere Bibliothek by the Aufbau-Verlag . Wilfried Ihrig and Ulrich Janetzki act as editors . The volume brings together poems by 149 authors from more than thirty countries, including Marianne Rosenberg , Philomena Franz , Dotschy Reinhardt , Charlie Chaplin , Henry Lawson , Ceija Stojka , Mariella Mehr , and Santino Spinelli . The texts were translated into German from 21 languages ​​and dialects . The title is taken from a line of a poem by Rajko Đurić .

Concept and structure

The anthology brings together texts by people from different subgroups of those population groups who are known under such different names as Roma and Sinti , Lovara , Kalderasch , Gitanos, Gypsies, Travelers or Yeniche . Discrimination and persecution are important overarching themes in the anthology. This also includes texts that deal with the topic of the Auschwitz extermination camp . In contrast, there are texts about the identity of the Rom , as well as poems about music and art , as well as texts that address writing itself.

The texts are arranged within the volume according to the countries of origin or the place of residence of the authors. This principle always reaches its limits due to the frequent migration movements of the writers.

reception

In the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Angelika Overath praises the anthology as a "pioneering act" and calls it "special" and "precious". In his review in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Karl-Markus Gauß declared the volume to be a "discovery", an "impressive editorial achievement".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Dawn of Words. Aufbau-Verlag, accessed on January 14, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Poetry book "The Dawn of Words" - Poetic Atlas of the Roma and Sinti. Retrieved January 14, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ Angelika Overath: Poetry of the Sinti and Roma: What should I be afraid of? ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed January 14, 2019]).
  4. ^ Karl-Markus Gauss: Going long ways . In: sueddeutsche.de . November 26, 2018, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed January 14, 2019]).