To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.

Nach Auschwitz ein Gedicht zu schreiben, ist barbarisch.

Theodor Adorno

Kulturkritik und Gesellschaft

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Topic

Poetry Auschwitz The Holocaust

Author

Theodor Adorno

Source

Kulturkritik und Gesellschaft

Medium

Essay

Language

German

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Adorno, Theodor. "Kulturkritik und Gesellschaft [An Essay on Cultural Criticism and Society]." Prismen, GS 10.1, 1955. Reprinted in Prisms, translated by Samuel and Shierry Weber. MIT Press, 1967.

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman-a rope over an abyss.

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Genre
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Language
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Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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