CONCRETE COTTEN
CONCRETE COTTEN
Author(s): Roxana-Sînziana RogobeteSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: Adelbert-von-Chamisso Prize;concrete poetry;German-language migrant literature;Viennese group;
Summary/Abstract: The present paper focuses on the American-born German-language writerAnn Cotten, an author who creates an experimental poetry influenced by the Viennesegroup, whose texts are enriched with vivid imagery. The study compares Cotten’sworks written in German (for example, Der schaudernde Fächer, one of the reasonsfor which she received the Adelbert-von-Chamisso Prize, awarded mostly to authorswith a migrant background) with I, Coleoptile, her first book written in English, incollaboration with the artist Kerstin Cmelka
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 24/2018
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 163-168
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
