Ingeborg Bachmann

Twenty-five years after the death of Ingeborg Bachmann, Sigrid Weigel, one of the foremost experts on her work, presents the first comprehensive account of her oeuvre, which takes into account not only the accessible estate but also the traces left by Bachmann's correspondence in other estates. From the multitude of details—original letters from, among others, Hannah Arendt, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, and Peter Szondi—a picture of Ingeborg Bachmann emerges that stands apart from the clichés of biographical interpretation. Sigrid Weigel impressively demonstrates how dialogue became a central moment in Bachmann's poetics, revealing the work as a network of diverse, sometimes hidden readings. The first intellectual biography of Ingeborg Bachmann. Ulrike Baureithel, Die Welt.