Erich Fried - Works

Writer, born in Vienna, Austria. He emigrated to London in 1938 after his parents were arrested. After the war he became a writer, making a name for himself at the BBC. His poetry was socially critical and became increasingly political, reflecting his social commitment. Warngedichten (1963–4) shows Brecht's influence, and he gained fame with und Vietnam und (1966). He also wrote essays and radio plays and was a notable translator of English literature, including works of T S Eliot, Graham Greene, Shakespeare, and Dylan Thomas. In 1987 he was awarded the Georg-Büchner-Preis.

Erich Fried (6 May 1921 — November 22, 1988) was a poet known for his political-minded poetry.

Born in a Jewish family in Vienna, the only child of Hugo and Nelly Fried, he was a child actor and from an early age he wrote essays and poetry with a strong political flavour.

From 1952 to 1968 he worked as a political commentator for the BBC German Service.

In 1962 he returned to Vienna for the first time.

He published several volumes of poetry as well as radio plays and a novel. His work was mainly published in the West, but in 1969, a selection of his poetry was published in the GDR poetry series Poesiealbum, and his Dylan Thomas translations were published in that same series in 1974.

In 1982 he regained his Austrian nationality, though he also retained the British nationality he had adopted in 1949.

Im an Austrian literary prize was named after him - the Erich Fried Prize.

Works

Drei Gebete aus London (Three Prayers from London), 1945 Ein Soldat und ein Mädchen (A Soldier and a Girl), 1960 Reich der Steine, 1963 Warngedichte (Warning Poems), 1964 Überlegungen, 1964 Kinder und Narren, 1965 und Vietnam und (and Vietnam and), 1966 Anfechtungen, 1967 Die Beine der größeren Lügen, 1969 Poesiealbum, 1969 Unter Nebenfeinden, 1970 Die Freiheit den Mund aufzumachen, 1972 Höre Israel, 1974 So kam ich unter die Deutschen, 1977 100 Gedichte ohne Vaterland, 1978 Liebesgedichte, 1979 Es ist was es ist (It is what it is), 1983 Um Klarheit, 1985 Mitunter sogar Lachen, 1986