Mausoleum: Thirty Seven Ballads from the History of Progress
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| Author | Hans Magnus Enzensberger |
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| Translator | Joachim Neugroschel |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Suhrkamp Verlag |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Publication place | West Germany |
Published in English | 1976 |
| Pages | 125 |
Mausoleum: Thirty Seven Ballads from the History of Progress (German: Mausoleum. Siebenunddreißig Balladen aus der Geschichte des Fortschritts) is a 1975 poetry collection by the German writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger. It portrays 37 people Enzensberger regarded as the spiritual fathers of civilisation, presented only by their initials.[1][2]
The book has been interpreted as a critique of technological progress and a turn toward ecology, expressed as an interest in botany and botanists.[3]