being a German
the privilege
of pronouncing
Beethoven and Dachau
without an accent
The Tanka Journal, 47, 2015
Tony Boehle
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
作為德國人
的特權
我唸
貝多芬和達豪
不帶口音
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
作为德国人
的特权
我唸
贝多芬和达豪
不带口音
Bio Sketch
Tony Boehle was born in 1983 in Rochlitz, Germany. Currently he lives in Chemnitz, Germany and works as a chemist. Since 2012 he has been writing haiku, tanka, and tanka prose, and is the editor of Germany’s first tanka journal, Einunddreissig
The theme of national identity in Tony's sociopolitically conscious tanka is effectively conveyed in a reflectively ironic tone through the unthinkable and seemingly impossible collocation of these two symbolically rich and culturally significant names, "Beethoven" and "Dachau"
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