We would like to thank luchterhand literaturverlag for giving us the rights to publish ottos mops. Next please is one of my favorite recent childrens books. Weiteres material zu ernst jandl finden sie unter analysen. And here you can hear ernst jandl reading his poem. English translation of mops the official collins germanenglish dictionary online. The toys sit outside the doctors office lined up one by one in chairs. The poem is made up of simple sentences of two to four words that contain exclusively the vowel o. Remember that, in german, both the spelling of the word and the article preceding the word.
He became known for his experimental lyric, mainly sound poems sprechgedichte in the tradition of concrete and visual poetric forms. Over 100,000 english translations of german words and phrases. Ernst jandl was an austrian writer, poet, and translator. Veroffentlicht in allgemein, verschlagwortet mit ernst jandl, gedichte am 1. Veroffentlicht in schreibheft band 552000, online pdf bei. Get the signandsight newsletter for regular updates on feature articles. Ernst jandl, osterreichischer dichter, wurde am 01. Ottos pug is a poem by the austrian poet ernst jandl. Upon finishing high school, he began his mandatory military service on the front in 1943 and was held captive in an american war prison, from which he was released in 1946. Darunter auch ernst jandls beruhmtes gedicht ottos. Wird jandl unterschatzt, ist er zu provokant oder schlichtweg zu popular.
On august 1, we launched a poetry translation competition to celebrate what would have been austrian poet ernst jandls 80th birthday. Jandl, ernst materialien zum gymnasialen literaturunterricht. Influenced by dada he started to write experimental poetry, first published in the journal neue wege new ways in 1952. Klaus siblewski, band 4, 1997 luchterhand literaturverlag.