permission by his translator, Roger Lydon, we publish an excerpt from the last and seventh canto of his work Night/Die Nacht: Seven Cantos, 2001, with an English translation by Alan MacDougall and Roger Lydon, a cycle of poems inspired by Aristide Maillol's bronze statue "La nuit"/"The Night," and dedicated to Richard's two daughters. To see the full canto, go to independent.com/cantovii.After his retirement, Richard Exner lived in Munich and Berlin, publishing and reading his poetry to an ever widening circle of readers and listeners. He is survived by his partner, Annegret Stein, and two daughters, Bettina Exner Mara and Antonia Exner.
Canto VII: The Last Night
from The Santa Barbara Independent: Richard Exner 1929--2008
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