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Poems / by Rose Ausländer ; translated by Ingeborg Wald ; drawings by Ed Colker.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Misc 1956
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ausländer, Rose, 1901-1988, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Ausländer, Rose, 1901-1988--Translations into English.
- Ausländer, Rose.
- German poetry--20th century--Translations into English.
- German poetry.
- Artists' books--United States--Specimens.
- Artists' books.
- Ausländer, Rose, 1901-1988.
- United States.
- Genre:
- artists' books (books)
- Artists' books
- Specimens
- Translations
- Artists' books.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Misc 1956)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Misc 1956)
- Physical Description:
- 20 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Ark of stars
- Place of Publication:
- [Millwood, N.Y.?] : Haybarn Press, [1989]
- Biography/History:
- Rose Ausländer, born in 1901, was a published poet and essayist in Europe prior to World War II. In forced labor, and later in hiding, she survived the war, spent time in the United States and returned to Europe often, searching for a permanent home. She finally settled in Düsseldorf in 1965. Her last poems were written during bed-ridden years. She died in a Home for Jewish Aged in Düsseldorf in January 1988."--P. [19].
- Notes:
- Half-title: An ark of stars.
- "Spring 1989."
- "The typography, in Monotype Ehrhardt, was composed at the Out of Sorts Letter Foundery and the pages were hand-printed letterpress by Mary Phelan ... Hand-binding assistance by Barbara Mauriello."--Colophon
- "Pochoir by the artist."--Colophon
- "An edition limited to one hundred copies."--Colophon
- Wrappers, in a dust jacket.
- Local Notes:
- Misc 1956: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck. Edition number 66 of 100. Pencil autograph on colophon page.
- OCLC:
- 27246729
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