Description
The actual limits
are those of our language
and understanding:
not that of words alone,
also of feelings,
that are inherent in them
and accompany them.
Rainer Hesse was born in Königsberg/East Prussia in 1938.
Early inclination for chemistry and languages. Chemistry as his bread and butter; philosophy, languages and literature as a balance. He spent most of his working life as an analyst and department head in an international pharmaceutical company. In addition to monographic publications of poems, regular participation in anthologies and individual publications in various verse forms. Preference for Japanese poetry forms. Literary translator from Flemish and Dutch (Bart Mesotten, Luc Vanderhaeghen, Herman Van Rompuy, Marc May, etc.).
He is deeply committed to the European idea and is a Dutch and German citizen. He lived in Amsterdam from 2000 to 2018. Today he is at home in Hamburg.
