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I am writing with my burnt hand about the nature of fire.

Ingeborg Bachmann

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Ingeborg Bachmann
Age: 47 †
Born: 1926
Born: June 25
Died: 1973
Died: October 17
Essayist
Journalist
Librettist
Philosopher
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
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Writer
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Ruth Keller
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Burnt
Fire

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