Eich akaita kuoneka kwake kwekutanga mukudhindwa nedzimwe nhetembo muAnthology of the Latest Poetry. Mutambo wake wekutanga weredhiyo, wakanyorwa mukubatana naMartin Raschke, wakaitwa muna 1929. Kubva muna 1929-1932, Eich aigara semunyori akazvimiririra muDresden, Berlin, uye pamhenderekedzo yeBaltic, achinyora zvakanyanya nhepfenyuro. Kubva muna 1939-1945, Eich akashanda muuto reGerman muchikwata chemasaini. Muna 1945 akachengetwa semusungwa wehondo mumusasa wevasungwa veAmerica, uye muna 1946 akaburitswa ndokuenda kuGeisenhausen muBavaria. Mushure mekusungwa semusungwa wehondo, aive mumwe wevakatanga muna 1947 weGruppe 47, uye nhetembo dzake muAblegelegeneöfte yake isina kuburitswa, aive mumwe wevaviri vekutanga, muna 1950, kuroora Mutambo weLiterature weVanyori vechidiki. Muna 1953, akaroora munyori wechiJudha weAustria Ilse Aicheminger.
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