Question
“Death Fugue,” a poem written in this language, opens with the line “Black milk of morning we drink you evenings.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this language also used for a poem whose opening lines are commonly translated as “I do not know what it means / That I should feel so sad” and describes a siren-like woman who “combs her golden hair.”
ANSWER: German language [or Deutsch] (The poems are Paul Celan’s “Death Fugue” and Heinrich Heine’s “Die Lorelei.”)
[10e] Celan’s “Death Fugue” is a poem written about this event. Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl describes her hiding in an attic during this general event.
ANSWER: the Holocaust [or Shoah; prompt on World War II or WWII; prompt on the Final Solution]
[10h] While living in Vienna, Celan befriended this other German-language writer. This poet of the collection Borrowed Time used experiences from her affair with Celan as the basis of her novel Malina.
ANSWER: Ingeborg Bachmann
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Summary
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