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LIFE Enzensberger studied Literature and Philosophy at the universities of Erlangen , Freiburg and Hamburg , and at the Sorbonne in Paris , receiving his doctorate in 1955 for a thesis about Clemens Brentano 's poetry. Until 1957 he worked as a radio editor in Stuttgart . He participated in several gatherings of Group 47 . Between 1965 and 1975 he edited the magazine "Kursbuch". Since 1985 he has been the editor of the prestigious book series ''Die Andere Bibliothek'', published in Frankfurt, and now containing almost 250 titles. Enzensberger is the founder of the monthly ''TransAtlantik''. His own work has been translated into more than 40 languages. Enzensberger is the older brother of the author Christian Enzensberger . WORK Enzenseberger has a sarcastic, ironic tone in many of his poems. For example, the poem "Middle Class Blues" consists of various typicalities of middle class life, with the phrase "we can't complain" repeated several times, and concludes with "what are we waiting for?". Many of his poems also feature themes of civil unrest over economic and class based issues (it is perhaps appropriate to mention that he lived in Fidel Castro 's Cuba for several years). Though primarily a poet and essayist, he also makes excursions into theater, film, opera, radio drama, reportage, translation, and has written novels and several books for children. HONOURS RECEIVED
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