Omnium: January 2024

Monday, January 29, 2024

Quiet Existences

Hermann Bang (20 April 1857 – 29 January 1912)

Leonard Cohen (21 September 1934 – 7 November 2016)

Leonard Cohen (21 September 1934 – 7 November 2016)
Federico García Lorca (5 Juni 1898 – 19 August 1936)

And I'll dance with you in Vienna
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder,
My mouth on the dew of your thighs . . .

Udo Jürgens (30 September 1934 – 21 December 2014)

Bryn Terfel * 9 November 1965

Vater und Sohn unterwegs
Feðgar á ferð / The Old Man and His Sons

Heðin Brú (August 17, 1901 – May 18, 1987)

Very Sottish, eh? ;-)

Arno Schmidt
The great reading book

Arno Schmidt (18 January 1914 – 3 Juni 1979)

Collected Stories

Peter Stamm * 18 January 1963

Hier wird getanzt
Her skal danses (Let There Be Dancing)

William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991)

A very happy 200th Birthday, Mr. Collins.

Wilkie Collins ((8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889)

May the best in 2023 be the worst in 2024.
After all, it's okay to wish, eh?