Zwei Sonette Josef Svatopluk Machars in Übersetzung von Felix Grafe
Two Sonnets of Josef Svatopluk Machar in German Translation by Felix Grafe

Summary/Abstract: At the beginning of the 20th century, the almost forgotten German-Bohemian poet Felix Grafe translated two sonnets written by the leading Czech modernist Josef Svatopluk Machar into German and included both translations into his own collections of poetry. In addition to that, the first translation entitled “Juli im Walde” in June 1909 was also published in the well-known journal Die Fackel edited by Karl Kraus. Comparing the key motives in Machar’s sonnets with Grafe’s own poems, this essay analyses the specific way Grafe translated Machar’s poems into German and made them a part of his own poetical work.

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