Letter From

Berlin: War and Remembrance

By Peter Filkins | September 1, 2005

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Peter Filkins is a poet and translator. His collections of poetry include What She Knew. His translation of the complete poems of Ingeborg Bachmann, Songs in Flight, was named an outstanding translation by the American Literary Translators Association. His most recent book is H. G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds.

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