New view of the prominent German poet, with new research on his activities during the Nazi period and his pre-1945 poetry. Karl Krolow (1915-1999) was one of the most prominent German poets of the second half of the twentieth century. The sharply distinct phases of Krolow's work reflect the phases of German postwar poetry in general, giving his work arepresentative stature for the period; and his production as one of Germany's leading poetry...