10,000 Dawns

Yvan Goll (1891-1950) is recognized as one of the great bilingual poets of the 20th century. He was a central figure in the French surrealist movement and the author of over fifty books of poetry, plays, essays, and fiction. Claire Goll (1890-1977) began life in Germany. Married to Goll in 1917, she went on to have a love and literary affair with Rilke, but Goll remained her great love. She left behind some half-dozen novels as well as volumes of short stories, poetry, autobiography and various translations. Thomas Rain Crowe is a poet and translator. His books include The Laugharne Poems and two books of translations of the Persian mystic poet Hafiz: In The WInesellers's Street, and Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved: 100 Poems of Hafiz. Nan Watkins is a writer, translator, musician, and librarian. She has translated the work of several poets from the German. Her travel memoir, East Toward Dawn: A women's Solo Journey Around the World was published by Seal Press in 2002.