Erich Fried

thumb|right|Fried in 1981 Erich Fried (6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian poet, essayist and translator. Born in a Jewish family in Vienna, he fled with his mother to London after his father's murder by the Gestapo following the Anschluss [the annexation] with Nazi Germany. From 1952 to 1968 he worked as a political commentator for the BBC German Service. He translated works by Shakespeare, T S Eliot and Dylan Thomas. He died in Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1988 and is buried in Kensal Green cemetery, London. Quotes Do not doubt him who tells you he is afraid, but be afraid of him who tells you he has no doubts. Original German text: "Zweifle nicht an dem der dir sagt er hat Angst, aber hab Angst vor dem der dir sagt, er kennt keinen Zweifel." from "100 Gedichte ohne Vaterland", pub. 1978. External links Category:Poets from Austria Category:Poets from England Category:Essayists from England Category:Journalists from England Category:Translators from the United Kingdom Category:Jews from Austria Category:Jews from the United Kingdom Category:1921 births Category:1988 deaths Category:People from Vienna Category:Anti-fascists Category:20th-century British poets