Elmar Schenkel
Elmar Schenkel (born August 28, 1953 in Hovestadt near Soest / Westphalia ) is an English scholar , writer and translator living in Leipzig . He grew up in Oestinghausen .
Life
After studying art history , sinology and philosophy in Marburg and studying English , Romance languages , German and Japanese studies in Freiburg im Breisgau , he received his doctorate in 1983 on John Cowper Powys and completed his habilitation in 1992.
He has published works on John Cowper Powys, Hugo Kükelhaus , HG Wells , modern poetry , travel literature, fantasy and the relationship between literature and science, and has translated British poetry.
As a writer, he is best known for his literary essayistic writings and travelogues. In 1991 he received the Hermann-Hesse-Förderpreis. He was editor of the magazines Nachtcafé (1980–86), Flugasche (1986–93) and Chelsea Hotel (1991–98).
From 1993 until his retirement in 2019 he was professor of English literature at the University of Leipzig and has been writing for the cultural dialogue magazine Liaisons since 2008 . Since 2019 he has been chairman of the working group for comparative mythology .
In addition to his activities in the literary field, he is also active as an artist and has captured his impressions, most of which he made while traveling, on acrylic paintings .
Publications
- The other journey , 1981
- Wall cracks , 1985
- in japan , travel diary, 1985
- Blaenau Ffestiniog , 1987
- Massachusetts Travel Journal , 1991
- The Trapped Case , 1993
- Blue Shift , 1993
- Leipziger Passagen , 1996
- The Westphalian Archer , Roman, 1993
- A smile and two question marks. Travel diary through India , 2000
- HG Wells: The Prophet in the Labyrinth. An essayistic exploration , 2004
- The Siberian pendulum. Travels in Russia , 2005
- The electric ladder to heaven. Eccentrics in Science , 2005
- Journey into the Secret - Joseph Conrad , 2007
- Cyclomania. Bicycle and literature , Edition Isele, Eggingen 2008.
- Soft rotation. Novel , 2009
- The Madonna of Chance and other essays. With drawings by the author. , 2010
- Travel in the distant vicinity. On the move in Central Germany. Connewitzer Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-937799-62-9 .
- The silence and the wolf. Essays. Persona, Mannheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-924652-40-1 .
- Kepler's demon - encounters between literature, dream and science. 2016, ISBN 978-3-10-403785-1
- My year behind the woods: notes from a village clerk from Transylvania . Connewitzer Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2016, ISBN 978-3-937799-75-9 .
- about Elmar Schenkel
- Thomas Mayer: Schenkel's stories - a meeting with the bustling Leipzig literature professor. Portrait on page 23 in: Leipziger Volkszeitung , January 27, 2016
Awards and honors
- 1980 Georg Mackensen Literature Prize
- 1985 Literature Prize from the Jürgen Ponto Foundation
- 1991 Hermann Hesse Prize (advancement award) for the Massachusetts travel diary
- 2011 Katzendorf village clerk award in Transylvania for his alert transmission of the written word - Elmar Schenkel was the village clerk there for some time
Web links
- Literature by and about Elmar Schenkel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Elmar Schenkel's profile page at the University of Leipzig
- Podcast interview with Elmar Schenkel on the Leipzig local radio station mephisto 97.6: Elmar Schenkel - a true all-rounder (August 2, 2006)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/keplers_daemon/9783104037851
- ↑ Entitlement to a horse inclusive. 5 questions in: FAZ of May 21, 2016, page 11
- ↑ Thomas Mayer: Schenkel's Stories - A meeting with the bustling Leipzig literature professor. Portrait on page 23 in: Leipziger Volkszeitung , January 27, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schenkel, Elmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hovestadt , North Rhine-Westphalia , Federal Republic of Germany |