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With the aid of a minute correction - that of the dispersing lens - in a gold frame perched on her nose, Miranda can see into hell.

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
Translator
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Ruth Keller
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