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Michael Hamburger
![Michael Hamburger](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: March 22, 1924
Died: June 7, 2007 (aged 83)
Bio: Michael Hamburger was a noted British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic. He was known in particular for his translations of Friedrich Hölderlin, Paul Celan, Gottfried Benn and W. G.
Known for:
- Poems of Paul Celan
- The truth of poetry (1968)
- Beethoven Letters Journals and Conversations
- String of Beginnings (1991)