Contents - Hoffmann und Campe Verlag

Walter Helmut
Fritz
Gesamtwerk
Collected Works
Poetry
Dispatch: August 2009
2400 pages
In a linen-bound decorative case at a subscription price
One of the most important German poets of today.
Walter Helmut Fritz’s works in three volumes: the first is a collection of lyric and prose
poetry, the second contains the four novels which appeared in the sixties and seventies and
the third his varied prose works, the only radio play still extant, a stage play and the essays.
All Walter Helmut Fritz’s writings are impelled by his curiosity about life, his regard for other
people and his love of truth and – naturally – of language. Effortlessly and without false
embellishments the texts reflect his deep interest in what actually happens. This imbues his
poetry and also every thought he expresses about a writer friend with the special clarity and
credibility which distinguish his writing.
The collected edition for his 80 th birthday
© Isolde Ohlbaum
Walter Helmut Fritz, born in 1929, ranks among the most
important German-language poets. For his work, which also
comprises novels, prose, essays and translations, he has received
numerous awards, including the Georg Trakl Prize for Poetry and
the Great Literature Prize of the Bavarian Fine Arts Academy.
Hoffmann und Campe have published his books since 1966, the
latest being the volumes of poetry Zugelassen im Leben (Cleared for
Living, 1999), Maskenzug (Procession of Masks, 2003), Offene
Augen (Open Eyes, 2007) und Herzschlag. Die Liebesgedichte.
(Heartbeat. Love Poems, 2008)
The Editor:
Matthias Kußmann was born in 1966, lives in Karlsruhe as a
literary academic and freelance author.
He has made his name with numerous features, portraits and
reviews for a variety of radio stations and contributions to
newspapers and magazines. He ranks as one of the leading experts
on Walter Helmut Fritz’s works and edited his last two volumes of
poetry.
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