and other poems
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Anise Koltz, “the great lady of Luxembourg literature,” as they often call her, asserts her belief in the universal dimension of poetry and the human condition through her poetic journey, which spans seven decades. Through this anthology, readers can get to know a great poet who translated for the first time into our language and her work that radiates unadulterated beauty.
Anise Koltz, “the great lady of Luxembourg literature,” as they often call her, asserts her belief in the universal dimension of poetry and the human condition through her poetic journey, which spans seven decades. In her work, there is no deconstruction of language, no elaborate tricks, and no experimental excesses. Instead, her short poems -called “silent outbursts”- touch on man’s most profound existential questions with unique simplicity. Personal, almost autobiographical, always in close contact with reality, it transforms the individual into the universal with clarity, honesty, and power. Through this anthology, readers can get to know a great poet who translated for the first time into our language and her work that radiates unadulterated beauty.
Paintings: Stefanos Rokos.
The insubordinate Anise Koltz is a she-wolf, a hawk, and her insubordination makes her poetry a redemptive rebellion.
Anise Koltz’s poetry falls on us like something raw, solid, and full of silence, like a stone.
Koltz’s poetry is, according to Tzara’s definition of poetry, an object brought from the future whose function we are unaware of. If no difficulty is apparent at first sight in Koltz’s art, if everything seems obvious and without the effort of trying, it is because she continues to work the poem until every trace of it disappears.