Michael Jarvie
@michaeljarvie.bsky.social
Samizdat novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, poet, editor.Translator of Georg Trakl and Gerhart Hauptmann. Working Class. Marxist. Atheist. Coming in 2026 Transformer: Writing the Black Country by Zero Books. Despised by New Writing North.
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today’s poem for Remembrance Day is by Georg Trakl.
German military losses in World War One amounted to 2 million dead.
#poetry #war #germany #translation #trakl
German military losses in World War One amounted to 2 million dead.
#poetry #war #germany #translation #trakl
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today’s poem for Remembrance Day is by Georg Trakl.
German military losses in World War One amounted to 2 million dead.
#poetry #war #germany #translation #trakl
German military losses in World War One amounted to 2 million dead.
#poetry #war #germany #translation #trakl
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Shortlisted this time.
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Shortlisted this time.
I didn’t realise there was a book. I’ll have to add that to my comp list. Thanks.
My novel features Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of the Alexanderplatz.
My novel features Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of the Alexanderplatz.
October 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I didn’t realise there was a book. I’ll have to add that to my comp list. Thanks.
My novel features Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of the Alexanderplatz.
My novel features Ernst Gennat, the Buddha of the Alexanderplatz.
Ten perfect years of submitting my work for no reward.
I really must keep it up.
I really must keep it up.
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ten perfect years of submitting my work for no reward.
I really must keep it up.
I really must keep it up.
Imagine sending this gibberish to an author.
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Imagine sending this gibberish to an author.
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I enjoy the challenge of incorporating rhyme. As in this sonnet.
October 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I enjoy the challenge of incorporating rhyme. As in this sonnet.
The Nobel Prize for Literature no less.
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Nobel Prize for Literature no less.
October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
More new material. This time it’s book burning. Soon be burning people.
From my work in progress The Sharp Judge.
The gatekeepers won’t like it but maybe you will.
#reading #writing #dusseldorf #booksky
From my work in progress The Sharp Judge.
The gatekeepers won’t like it but maybe you will.
#reading #writing #dusseldorf #booksky
October 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
More new material. This time it’s book burning. Soon be burning people.
From my work in progress The Sharp Judge.
The gatekeepers won’t like it but maybe you will.
#reading #writing #dusseldorf #booksky
From my work in progress The Sharp Judge.
The gatekeepers won’t like it but maybe you will.
#reading #writing #dusseldorf #booksky
63 sales so far this month. 625 in total.
Not bad for an unknown working class translator.
#poetry #translation
Not bad for an unknown working class translator.
#poetry #translation
October 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
63 sales so far this month. 625 in total.
Not bad for an unknown working class translator.
#poetry #translation
Not bad for an unknown working class translator.
#poetry #translation
October 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
You might find some of these useful. Valerie Shaw might be a good starting point.
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
You might find some of these useful. Valerie Shaw might be a good starting point.
September 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
September 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today’s photo.
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today’s photo.
The middle-class gatekeepers may have hated it, but the poetry aficionados aren’t of that opinion.
Latest sales.
#poetry #translation
Latest sales.
#poetry #translation
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The middle-class gatekeepers may have hated it, but the poetry aficionados aren’t of that opinion.
Latest sales.
#poetry #translation
Latest sales.
#poetry #translation