Akazien
Julian Tuwim
Akazien
Liederzyklen
by Julian Tuwim
Book 24 of the Nadelstiche series
- First published
- 2026
- Publisher
- Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft - Institut für Literatur und Kultur des Exils und des Widerstands
- Pages
- 111
- ISBN
- 9783903522381
- Formats
- Print edition
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About “Akazien”
A volume of songs rather than classic poems appears in German for the first time. It gathers texts by a Polish poet whose settings were taken up by a composer of related background.
Both grew up in Poland and carried a Jewish heritage that deeply shaped their work. Their output fell into a time when the Second World War upended life, and those experiences shimmer between the lines.
The volume makes the bond between word and sound palpable. Whether the German translation keeps the magic of the original only becomes clear when you listen to and read it.
Who is “Akazien” for?
For readers who think of poetry and music together, and for anyone interested in twentieth-century Polish literature and in literature of exile and resistance. The volume speaks to everyone who knows poems as song lyrics and wants to experience the bond between words and composition. Readers who follow the Nadelstiche series will also find a volume here with its own weight.
When is “Akazien” the best read?
At just over 110 pages, the volume is a short companion for a quiet afternoon. It suits reading on days of remembrance or in autumn, when poems and songs are especially likely to be picked up, and the verses read well aloud.
In what order should you read the “Nadelstiche” series?
“Nadelstich” is the first volume of the series, “Niewiederland” follows as the second, and “God plays hide and seek” as the fifth. Later on, “Im Flug der Zeit” is volume 23, before “Akazien” takes the numbering as volume 24. The titles can be read in this order.
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