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Centenary Editions Revive Ernst Jandl’s Avant-Garde Poetry

New annotated volumes bring fresh insight into his radical sound experiments alongside a renewed focus on his political verse

Overview

  • Jung und Jung has published der beschriftete sessel, an annotated anthology of Jandl’s autobiographical poems and texts from across his career.
  • Luchterhand’s Ernst Jandl zum 100. assembles favorite verses selected and commented on by contemporary authors, highlighting his enduring influence.
  • Critics are revisiting his phonetic fragmentation in sound poems such as “schtzngrmm” and “t-t-t-t” as an acoustic reflection of mechanized warfare.
  • Media retrospectives emphasize his satirical political works like “deutsches gedicht” and “zertretener mann blues” that confront Austro-Fascism and Holocaust memory.
  • Essays and commentaries recall his brash, cult-status live performances and note the lasting impact of his concrete poetry in school curricula.