author
Georg Trakl
1887–1914
A major voice in Austrian Expressionism, this poet wrote haunting, dreamlike verse shaped by inner turmoil and the shadow of war. Though he died at just 27, his dark, musical poems left a lasting mark on modern German-language literature.
2 Audiobooks
Gedichte
by Georg Trakl
Die Dichtungen von Georg Trakl Erste Gesamtausgabe
by Georg Trakl
About the author
Born in Salzburg on February 3, 1887, Georg Trakl became one of the most important Austrian poets of the early 20th century. He trained and worked as a pharmacist, but poetry was at the center of his life and imagination.
His writing is known for its intense images, melancholy mood, and recurring sense of decay, silence, and spiritual unease. Readers and critics often connect his work with Expressionism, and his poems helped shape the dark, inward tone of later German-language modern poetry.
Trakl's life was brief and deeply troubled. During World War I he served as a military pharmacist, and the trauma of the front became part of the legend around his final work. He died in Kraków on November 3, 1914, at the age of 27, leaving behind a small but powerful body of poetry that continues to fascinate readers.