Freitag, Juni 08, 2007

Thinking of a great poet: Mascha Kaleko

Mascha Kaleko would have been 100 yesterday. She's a wonderful german poet, living and writing since the 20s and 30s in Berlin, friend of Kästner, Tucholsky, Ringelnatz. Forgotten for many years like so many others: she was a jew, forbidden to work as an author, forced to leave her home.
If you ever read one of her short, but touching poems, you will understand how much I like her. If not: go and buy one of her books and start reading. You'll get addicted as much as I did.

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