Eich, G. (English spelling) EichG

…German poet and radio dramatist. Born near Frankfurt an der Oder, he studied law and Chinese studies before starting his literary career. After serving in the army and serving as a prisoner of war, he restarted his life after World War II. In 1950, he received the '47 Group' award, and in 1953, he married Ilse Aichinger (1921- ), a female writer who also belonged to the same group. In 1959, he received the Büchner Prize, and became the most influential poet in West Germany after Ben's death. For him, who wrote poetry "to orient himself in reality," it was important to expose the deceptive nature of the stability of reality and to restore the powers of judgment, criticism, decision-making, and resistance, as well as his conscience, which had been paralyzed by prejudice and ideology. …

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…ドイツの詩人，放送劇作家。フランクフルト･アン･デル･オーデル近郊に生まれ，法学･中国学を修めたのち文筆活動に入り，従軍･捕虜生活を経て第2次世界大戦後再出発した。1950年に〈47年グループ〉賞を受け，53年，ともに同グループに属する女流作家アイヒンガーIlse Aichinger(1921‐　)と結婚。59年ビュヒナー賞を受賞，ベン亡きあとの西ドイツで影響力最大の詩人となった。〈現実の中に自分を定位するため〉詩作する彼にとって，現実の安定の欺瞞性を暴き，偏見やイデオロギーにより麻痺させられた判断･批判･決断･抵抗の力と良心とを取り戻すことが重要な課題となる。…

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