Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 11 November 1929 in Kaufbeuren), is a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He has also written known under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr. He lives in Munich.

3 Quotes

Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
— Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.
— Hans Magnus Enzensberger

A pathological business, writing, don't you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals: pathological!
— Hans Magnus Enzensberger