Frank Beck
@diehoren.bsky.social
I am a writer and translator. My most recent project is 'Anneliese's House' by Lou Andreas-Salomé, which I translated with Raleigh Whitinger. The profile image is from the wallpaper in William Morris's drawing room. My website is www.diehoren.com.
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
In or around Munich? To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth, biographer Sandra Richter will give a reading in Pullach on Friday. Click on the photo for details:
Neue Biografie über einen modernen, selbstironischen Autor - Einblicke aus dem Marbacher Literaturarchiv und Vorstellung am 28. November um 19 Uhr für interessierte Literaturfreunde. - Süddeutsche Zei...
Rilke erfuhr„das ganze Leben […], als ob es mit allen seinen Möglichkeiten mitten durch ihn durchginge“, wie Sandra Richter in ihrer neuen Biografie über Rainer...
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In or around Munich? To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth, biographer Sandra Richter will give a reading in Pullach on Friday. Click on the photo for details:
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No, I'm not setting sail across the Atlantic. Just thinking of these lines from Lermontov:
One white and lonely sail out there,
amidst the fog and the ocean’s blue!
What does it seek in distant lands?
What was amiss in the one it knew?
I'll post the rest of the poem in Comments.
One white and lonely sail out there,
amidst the fog and the ocean’s blue!
What does it seek in distant lands?
What was amiss in the one it knew?
I'll post the rest of the poem in Comments.
August 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
No, I'm not setting sail across the Atlantic. Just thinking of these lines from Lermontov:
One white and lonely sail out there,
amidst the fog and the ocean’s blue!
What does it seek in distant lands?
What was amiss in the one it knew?
I'll post the rest of the poem in Comments.
One white and lonely sail out there,
amidst the fog and the ocean’s blue!
What does it seek in distant lands?
What was amiss in the one it knew?
I'll post the rest of the poem in Comments.
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'Oh, how many spectacles I have missed.
The curtains all went up without me, and
they fell the same way. And how many friends
there might have been that life never brought me . . .
The curtains all went up without me, and
they fell the same way. And how many friends
there might have been that life never brought me . . .
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
'Oh, how many spectacles I have missed.
The curtains all went up without me, and
they fell the same way. And how many friends
there might have been that life never brought me . . .
The curtains all went up without me, and
they fell the same way. And how many friends
there might have been that life never brought me . . .
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One of my favorite Christmas poems -- by Theodor Fontane, the author of 'Effi Briest':
For the 24th of December 1890
Once again, a Christmas dinner.
As before, our ranks are thinner;
Yet I will choose to take it so,
With all the highs and all the lows . . .
For the 24th of December 1890
Once again, a Christmas dinner.
As before, our ranks are thinner;
Yet I will choose to take it so,
With all the highs and all the lows . . .
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
One of my favorite Christmas poems -- by Theodor Fontane, the author of 'Effi Briest':
For the 24th of December 1890
Once again, a Christmas dinner.
As before, our ranks are thinner;
Yet I will choose to take it so,
With all the highs and all the lows . . .
For the 24th of December 1890
Once again, a Christmas dinner.
As before, our ranks are thinner;
Yet I will choose to take it so,
With all the highs and all the lows . . .
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New from France: 'You should steal yourself a life': a collection of letters from Lou Andreas-Salomé to Nietzsche, Rilke, Freud, and others, translated by Charlotte Grenier. Details here:
www.editionslorma.fr/livre/979125...
www.editionslorma.fr/livre/979125...
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
New from France: 'You should steal yourself a life': a collection of letters from Lou Andreas-Salomé to Nietzsche, Rilke, Freud, and others, translated by Charlotte Grenier. Details here:
www.editionslorma.fr/livre/979125...
www.editionslorma.fr/livre/979125...
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The spirit of David Caspar Friedrich, breathing a gentle peacefulness, seemed to pass over the suburban town of Nutley, New Jersey as I went in for dinner last night.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The spirit of David Caspar Friedrich, breathing a gentle peacefulness, seemed to pass over the suburban town of Nutley, New Jersey as I went in for dinner last night.
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A part of Belle Epoque life I'd never heard about: the two women who created a home in Paris for young Americans seeking escape from the confines of US life and a chance to study art:
reinventinghome.org/they-always-...
reinventinghome.org/they-always-...
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A part of Belle Epoque life I'd never heard about: the two women who created a home in Paris for young Americans seeking escape from the confines of US life and a chance to study art:
reinventinghome.org/they-always-...
reinventinghome.org/they-always-...
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Damn, this plaque is about to get accused of treason
West Point plaque: "Our code of military obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law."
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Damn, this plaque is about to get accused of treason
New from France: 'You should steal yourself a life': a collection of letters from Lou Andreas-Salomé to Nietzsche, Rilke, Freud, and others, translated by Charlotte Grenier. Details here:
www.editionslorma.fr/livre/979125...
www.editionslorma.fr/livre/979125...
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
New from France: 'You should steal yourself a life': a collection of letters from Lou Andreas-Salomé to Nietzsche, Rilke, Freud, and others, translated by Charlotte Grenier. Details here:
www.editionslorma.fr/livre/979125...
www.editionslorma.fr/livre/979125...
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
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"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert."
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service) share.google/lckRt9xcit5k...
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service) share.google/lckRt9xcit5k...
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service)
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert."
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service) share.google/lckRt9xcit5k...
-- Andrew Carnegie, born #OTD 1835
Carnegie Libraries: The Future Made Bright (Teaching with Historic Places) (U.S. National Park Service) share.google/lckRt9xcit5k...
A part of Belle Epoque life I'd never heard about: the two women who created a home in Paris for young Americans seeking escape from the confines of US life and a chance to study art:
reinventinghome.org/they-always-...
reinventinghome.org/they-always-...
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A part of Belle Epoque life I'd never heard about: the two women who created a home in Paris for young Americans seeking escape from the confines of US life and a chance to study art:
reinventinghome.org/they-always-...
reinventinghome.org/they-always-...
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Happy Birthday, Robin Williamson. How many hours of delight his songs have brought us!
'The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing:
mariners, mariners, gather your skills!
Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the Lion Heart;
Three Kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra . . .
'The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing:
mariners, mariners, gather your skills!
Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the Lion Heart;
Three Kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra . . .
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy Birthday, Robin Williamson. How many hours of delight his songs have brought us!
'The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing:
mariners, mariners, gather your skills!
Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the Lion Heart;
Three Kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra . . .
'The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing:
mariners, mariners, gather your skills!
Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the Lion Heart;
Three Kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra . . .
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Tuesday, December 4 will mark the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth. Biographer Sandra Richter discussed his life and work with writer Margherita Bettoni for the Goethe Institute.
150 years of Rilke: A poet and his ambivalence
Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most influential poets of literary modernism, was born 150 years ago. In this interview, literature professor Sandra Richter discusses what shaped him as a person and wh...
www.goethe.de
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Tuesday, December 4 will mark the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth. Biographer Sandra Richter discussed his life and work with writer Margherita Bettoni for the Goethe Institute.
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'Winter Evening at Söder, Stockholm' (1889) by Georg Pauli (1855-1935). In the collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
'Winter Evening at Söder, Stockholm' (1889) by Georg Pauli (1855-1935). In the collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art.
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A judge dismissed charges against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor that President Trump handpicked was unlawfully appointed. trib.al/W6MJvZJ
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A judge dismissed charges against James Comey and Letitia James, saying the prosecutor that President Trump handpicked was unlawfully appointed. trib.al/W6MJvZJ
Happy Birthday, Robin Williamson. How many hours of delight his songs have brought us!
'The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing:
mariners, mariners, gather your skills!
Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the Lion Heart;
Three Kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra . . .
'The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing:
mariners, mariners, gather your skills!
Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the Lion Heart;
Three Kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra . . .
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy Birthday, Robin Williamson. How many hours of delight his songs have brought us!
'The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing:
mariners, mariners, gather your skills!
Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the Lion Heart;
Three Kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra . . .
'The great ship, the ship of the world, long time sailing:
mariners, mariners, gather your skills!
Jesus and Hitler and Richard, the Lion Heart;
Three Kings and Moses and Queen Cleopatra . . .
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Greetings from Kyiv.
I’m having a warcoffee,
reading the news about the ‘peace plan’.
And the feeling that it leads nowhere
becomes stronger and stronger,
despite all the loud and ‘promising’ words.
I’m having a warcoffee,
reading the news about the ‘peace plan’.
And the feeling that it leads nowhere
becomes stronger and stronger,
despite all the loud and ‘promising’ words.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Greetings from Kyiv.
I’m having a warcoffee,
reading the news about the ‘peace plan’.
And the feeling that it leads nowhere
becomes stronger and stronger,
despite all the loud and ‘promising’ words.
I’m having a warcoffee,
reading the news about the ‘peace plan’.
And the feeling that it leads nowhere
becomes stronger and stronger,
despite all the loud and ‘promising’ words.
The spirit of David Caspar Friedrich, breathing a gentle peacefulness, seemed to pass over the suburban town of Nutley, New Jersey as I went in for dinner last night.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The spirit of David Caspar Friedrich, breathing a gentle peacefulness, seemed to pass over the suburban town of Nutley, New Jersey as I went in for dinner last night.
'Winter Evening at Söder, Stockholm' (1889) by Georg Pauli (1855-1935). In the collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
'Winter Evening at Söder, Stockholm' (1889) by Georg Pauli (1855-1935). In the collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art.
Tuesday, December 4 will mark the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth. Biographer Sandra Richter discussed his life and work with writer Margherita Bettoni for the Goethe Institute.
150 years of Rilke: A poet and his ambivalence
Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most influential poets of literary modernism, was born 150 years ago. In this interview, literature professor Sandra Richter discusses what shaped him as a person and wh...
www.goethe.de
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Tuesday, December 4 will mark the 150th anniversary of Rilke's birth. Biographer Sandra Richter discussed his life and work with writer Margherita Bettoni for the Goethe Institute.
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Die Bücher sind schon seit ein paar Monaten an der Universität, nun wird der neue, schöne Repräsentationsraum für die #Bibliothek von Ingeborg #Bachmann mit einem Festakt am 28. November eröffnet. 📖
Ingeborg-Bachmann-Bibliothek (IBB) wird am 28. November an der Universität Klagenfurt feierlich eröffnet – Universität Klagenfurt
Schon Anfang Februar 2025 wurde die 5.000 Bücher umfassende Bibliothek der Schriftstellerin Ingeborg Bachmann für die Dauer von 33 Jahren als Leihgabe an die Universität Klagenfurt überstellt. Die Zei...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Die Bücher sind schon seit ein paar Monaten an der Universität, nun wird der neue, schöne Repräsentationsraum für die #Bibliothek von Ingeborg #Bachmann mit einem Festakt am 28. November eröffnet. 📖
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Wir sind neu hier und berichten von unserer Arbeit, von allem aus und um das Archiv herum, Fontane und Umkreis. Es geht um Kulturerbe, Handschriften, Digitalisierung, Datenkulturen und Kulturdaten, Veranstaltungen, Forschung, Ausstellungen und Publikationen. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch.
November 1, 2023 at 5:38 PM
Wir sind neu hier und berichten von unserer Arbeit, von allem aus und um das Archiv herum, Fontane und Umkreis. Es geht um Kulturerbe, Handschriften, Digitalisierung, Datenkulturen und Kulturdaten, Veranstaltungen, Forschung, Ausstellungen und Publikationen. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch.
Looking forward to the English translation of Murat's book, by Charlotte Mandel. It's due sometime in 2026.
🗞️ Tribuna | “Proust, novela familiar” es una celebración de la literatura como herramienta de comprensión. En el caso de Murat, la saga proustiana la ayudó a definirse mejor a sí misma, su lugar en la sociedad francesa y su identidad sexual"
✒️ Joaquín Castillo Vial dozz.es/jnpq95
✒️ Joaquín Castillo Vial dozz.es/jnpq95
Más que un baile de máscaras | Tribuna
“Proust, novela familiar” es una celebración de la literatura como herramienta de comprensión. En el caso de Murat, la saga proustiana la ayudó a definirse mejor a sí misma, su lugar en la sociedad francesa y su identidad sexual
dozz.es
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Looking forward to the English translation of Murat's book, by Charlotte Mandel. It's due sometime in 2026.