Germany

Then

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

Johann Cristoph Friederich von Schiller

Heinrich Heine

Wiki's Guide to German Literature. A basic outline. Basic.

Now

Here is Ulf Stolterfoht's book translated by Rosmarie Waldrop: 

Burning Deck Press

Stolterfoht in English:

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whosever coat-tail after coat-tail your endeavor

to compose now so thicktitiously engenders

what fuel-fucking self-destructive higgledy-

piggery you so seriously unbody

or hardly blessed among root veggies

when smoked ham's in the half-left field

you cross your heart over hide's enticement

and all that cohabits genetically unknot

which you in heat and under oath endorse

knowing the ombudsman's enleathering

a breedin' shame like pidgin in Gdingen

as your be-true-to-me you endearingly unmarry

where for your burlap name you will be envied

hallowed be thy come forfeit engorged

deeply covetous how you and Gdansk

instinct and body tissue unself and unsex

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And more Stolterfoht in English.

An interview with the man.

Here he is in Coconut Fourteen!

Hilda Magazine

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Silke Scheuermann is a well-known German poet not recognized in New European Poets. And look! Both languages! (German & English)

Lyrikline is a really interesting site that offers poems translated into a buffet of languages.

Here is an article from the New York Times claiming to have found "Germany's poetry jet set" Ann Cotten. Born in Iowa, raised in Germany. And here is the original article.

A list of 50 Perfect Books of German Poetry. Compiled by Dialog International.

Andrew J. Shields' Blog mentions the Antioch Review (Winter 2009) which includes a couple of reviews of German poetry in translation.

For further reading of German poetry try The Poet's Role: Lyric Responses to German Unification by Poets from the GDR. 

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