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Flowers for Hitler contains 95 rhymed and free-verse poems, avant-garde texts, and pictorial elements. It was the first of his books to include Cohen's drawings. Only 20 of the poems directly address World War II and the Holocaust.
Flowers for Hitler. by. Cohen, Leonard, 1934-. Publication date. 1973. Publisher. London, Cape. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
Flowers For Hitler: Year published 1964: Publisher McClelland And Stewart Ltd., Toronto: Pages 156: Notes Summary The first of Cohen's self-consciously "anti-art" gestures: an attempt, in his own words, to move "from the world of the golden-boy poet into the dung pile of the front-line writer."
Flowers for Hitler stands out for exposing a darker side of Cohen, but it also stands out as a work of art in revolt: in revolt of the hypocrisy of the ruling classes; in revolt of the mundane, and in revolt to the massacres of Nazi Germany and near destruction of Jewish history and culture.
“Flores para Hitler”, su tercer libro de poemas (y cuarto en total, tras su primera novela “El juego favorito”, de 1963) fue escrito en los años de su estancia en Hydra, isla griega en la que compró la casa en la que pasaría gran parte de los primeros años 60.
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Flowers for Hitler (1964) represents the first stage of Cohen's continued attempt to undercut his own reputation, to deny his own lyricism. Its harsh and ugly satiric poems portray a nightmare world, which is still defined by the image of the concentration camp.
