Known by his friends as "da H. C." (pronounced "hah-tseh") or "da Artmann," H. C. Artmann enjoys great popularity and an ever-growing number of admirers. Unlike most of his colleagues, this self-made poet had little formal education. He has led a...

THE MULTIFARIOUS roots of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the realities of post-war Europe, the tristesse and treacherous cosiness of suburban Vienna and the fascination of the obscure, travel and literature - these were all inspirations for the work of the poet H. C. Artmann,...

Vienna. Ueberreuter. 2001. 208 pages, ill. DM 48. ISBN 3-8000-3797-1 H.C. ARTMANN, a key figure in postwar Austrian literature, particularly in its rediscovery and belated reception of the European avant-garde in the wake of National Socialism, died on 4 December 2000. Together with...