When was Kinderlied by Gunter Grass written?

June 14, 2009 7:19 AM

When was the poem "Kinderlied" by Gunter Grass written?

I'm writing an essay on the poem Kinderlied by Gunter Grass, and I need to know what date it was written in so I can analyse the historical context in which it was written. The book I found the poem in does not have the date in it, and my google foo has failed to turn up anything terribly conclusive, just a few odd dates here and there, but none seem to match up. If possible, I'd also like the publishing year.

Thanks very much, and if you could give me the source where you found the date, that would be great too :)

posted by Planet F to writing & language (4 comments total)

Kinderlied: Poems and Etchings (English and German). 1982.

This is the first edition

http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/rghl_01/rghl_01_00091.html

http://www.edsbooks.com/shop/edsbooks/ESB10934
posted by mattoxic at 7:45 AM on June 14

I saw that one too, but I'm fairly sure that it's a collection of children's songs put together by Gunter Grass, whereas I'm looking for the date of the poem I've linked to... I'm fairly sure they're different, but if anyone knows better, then great :)
posted by Planet F at 7:51 AM on June 14

I found a different answer (my bolding) on this site:

Kinderlied (poems and etchings; originally published in Gesammelte Gedichte), Lord John, 1982.

Grass, Günter, Gesammelte Gedichte (title means "Collected Poems"), introduction by Heinrich Vormweg, Luchterhand (Neuwied, Germany), 1971.

That publication date (and do double-check it) might get you closer to the time span in which the poem was written.
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:54 AM on June 14

This site says it's from 1958.
posted by Namlit at 10:24 AM on June 14