Linda Marianiello here translates into English for the first time Dieter Kuhn s highly praised and definitive biography of one of Germany s greatest poets, Gertrud Kolmar. Kolmar carried German-language poetry to new heights, speaking truth in a time when many poets collapsed in the face of increasing Nazi repression. Born Gertrud Kathe Chodziesner in Berlin in 1894, she completed her first collection, "Poems, "in 1917. She took her pen name, Kolmar, from the name of the town where her family originated. Kolmar s third collection of poems appeared in 1938 but soon disappeared in the wake of...