Rainer Brambach was one of the most original German-language poets of his generation. Paul Celan and Hans Magnus Enzensberger paid tribute to him. A compilation of his Collected Poems has now been put together to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of his death. It comprises the four volumes of poetry published or completed by Rainer Brambach during his lifetime, thus reflecting the entirety of the poetical oeuvre approved by the author. The literary critic and writer Hans Bender, a longstanding friend of Rainer Brambach, has written the epilogue especially for this publication.