European Literature of the Early-Mid 1900s

[Oedipus]

We all know Kafka, and not a small few of us know all about Pessoa, or Bruno Schulz; but it seems to me that a lot of the European artists get ignored here after the death of Tolstoy; not counting UK ones. Even such icons as (a little bit earlier I know, but still) Rilke, and the well-admired Giacomo Leopardi and Laszlo Krasznahorkai for instance. So who here is well-versed in these streams, which I find a little bit more interesting than the concurrent Atlantic work at the moment?

[Pompey Bum]

I'm not, but I suspect that this as another good reason for Anglophones to learn new languages. It gives publishers too much power if they are the ones who decide which of these authors get translated.

EDIT: I found this link, which mentions English translations of some. Thanks for providing the impetus.

http://www.ofblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/best-of-2013-translations-into-english.html

[Poetaster]

I would say I am, but read Thomas Mann?

[talleyrand]

I collect books written by authors like Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig and Hermann Hesse, for instance. Of course, I read them in the native language most of time because one guesses more the real intentions as well as emotions. I like these writers because they were more than artists; they were humanists.