Open AccessFelix Hausdorff’s Poem “Den Ungeflügelten”
Author(s) -
Benjamin Elkins
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of humanistic mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2159-8118
DOI - 10.5642/jhummath.202102.23
Subject(s) - poetry , sonnet , hausdorff space , literature , art , mathematics , combinatorics
In 1900, Felix Hausdorff published Ekstasen (Ecstasy) under the pseudonym Paul Mongré. The book is comprised of 157 poems (70 sonnets, 32 rondels, 25 "mixed poems", where Hausdorff effortlessly combines different types of poetic styles, and 30 more poems). Den Ungeflügelten (To The Wingless Ones) is the first poem in this book and provides an interesting self-portrait of Hausdorff as he embraces his muse with confidence. Here I present an English translation of this poem without (much) commentary.