Reminiscence of Marie A.
"Reminiscence of Marie A." or "Memory of Marie A." (German: "Erinnerung an die Marie A.") is a 1920 poem by German poet and playwright Bertold Brecht (1889-1956) that was first published in his collection Die Hauspostille (1927). Brecht wrote the poem in his notebook on 21 February 1920 on a train to Berlin.[1] The poem is a reminiscence of time spent with a former lover and a kiss beneath a plum tree remembered only because of the memory of a passing white cloud.
The poem's first stanza was read voice-over in the Oscar-winning 2006 German film The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen), by the character of Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler (played by Ulrich Mühe), lying back uncomfortably on his sofa:
| One day in blue-moon September |
References
- ^ Berliner und Frankfurter Ausgabe Bd. 11, Anm. 92,1, S. 318; Faksimile in: Werner Hecht (Hrsg.), Brecht, S. 39; Jürgen Hillesheim sieht die Behauptung, das Gedicht sei quasi nebenbei im Zug entstanden, als Selbststilisierung des jungen Brecht: „Spielerisch und abermals parodierend verleiht er sich damit den Gestus des idealistischen Dichters, der seine Eingebung einfach auf das Papier wirft, sofort in Lyrik umsetzt.“; vgl. Hillesheim: „Ich muss immer dichten“: zur Ästhetik des jungen Brecht, S. 262
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