Eugene Helmlé

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Eugen Helmlé (born September 7, 1927 in Ensdorf (Saar) ; † November 27, 2000 in Sulzbach / Saar ) was a German writer and literary translator .

Life

Eugen Helmlé studied Romance Studies at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken , where he also lectured on Spanish from 1970 to 1982 . From 1960 his extensive work of translations of fictional works appeared, mainly from French and Spanish .

Helmlé, who was a member of the Association of German Writers and the PEN Center Germany , received the Saarland Art Prize in 1972 and the Prix ​​lémanique de la traduction of the University of Lausanne in 1985 . In recognition of his translation work, the Saarländischer Rundfunk and the Foundation of the Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry of Saarland launched the " Eugen Helmlé Translator Prize " in 2004 , which has been awarded annually to a German and a French translator since 2005.

Works

Both works are leipogrammatic novels; in On the night train to Lyon , Helmlé did without the letters r and e , in Knall und Fall in Lyon first e , then r .

  • In the first two volumes (Rowohlt Verlag) by Papa, Charly said… there are 15 conversations that Helmlé wrote.

Radio plays

  • Tagstimmen , together with Georges Perec and Philippe Drogoz . Saarländischer Rundfunk, 1971

As editor

Translations

  • Émile Ajar : You still have life ahead of you , Frankfurt am Main 1977; King Solomon's Fears , Frankfurt am Main 1980
  • Pierre Albert-Birot : Everyday poems , Saarbrücken 1971; The first book by Grabinourlor , Munich 1980; Sit down and don't talk too much about things you can't eat , Munich 1985
  • Robert Antelme : The human race , Munich [u. a.] 1987
  • Louis Aragon : Henri Matisse , Stuttgart 1974
  • Max Aub : Jusep Torres Campalans , Frankfurt am Main 1997; My father's son , Wiesbaden 1965
  • Emmanuèle Bernheim : The folding knife , Stuttgart 1987; A couple in love , Stuttgart 1989
  • Roger Blondel : Bradfer and the Eternal , Karlsruhe 1967
  • André Breton : Please , Frankfurt am Main 1978; The magnetic fields , Munich 1981
  • Marcel Brion : The German Painting , Stuttgart 1961
  • Jean-Claude Brisville : The Conversation between Descartes and Pascal the Younger , Munich 1985
  • Paul Celan / Gisèle Celan-Lestrange: Correspondence, Frankfurt am Main 2001
  • Gabriel Chevallier : The girls are free , Karlsruhe 1961
  • Albert Cohen : Eisenbeißer , Stuttgart 1984
  • Roland Dubillard : The Rübengarten , Frankfurt am Main 1969
  • Marguerite Duras : The pain , Munich [u. a.] 1986
  • Jean Echenoz : Cherokee , Stuttgart 1988
  • Étiemble : Praise of a Body , Düsseldorf 1970
  • Pierrette Fleutiaux : The Metamorphoses of the Queen , Stuttgart 1986
  • Armand Gatti : The imaginary life of the street sweeper August G., Frankfurt am Main 1965; The second existence of the Tatenberg camp , Frankfurt / M. 1964
  • Robert Genaille : Die Flemish Painting , Stuttgart 1961 (translated together with Annie Oettler)
  • Pere Gimferrer : Max Ernst , Stuttgart 1983
  • Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt : A Garden in Germany , Zurich 1988
  • Juan Goytisolo : Gaudí in Cappadocia , Munich [u. a.] 1996; The moulting of the snake , Munich [u. a.] 1995; Hunting ban , Munich [u. a.] 1994
  • Martin Graff : Christmas stories just in case , Blieskastel 1996
  • Claude Held : Krautundrüben , Munich 1974 (translated together with Ludwig Harig )
  • Alfred Jarry : The green candle , Frankfurt am Main 1993; Love on a visit , Munich 1983; Days and Nights , Munich 1985
  • Marie-Gisèle Landes-Fuss : An ugly red brick building in Venice, California , Frankfurt am Main 1993
  • Valéry Larbaud : The Colors of Rome , Frankfurt am Main 1992
  • Luis Martín-Santos : Silence on Madrid , Frankfurt am Main 1991
  • Henry Monnier : Rise and Fall of Joseph Prudhomme , Frankfurt am Main 1982
  • Guy Monreal : Mia, Dia, Ia and their cousin Tagabia , Munich 1974 (translated together with Ludwig Harig )
  • François Nourissier : The French , Frankfurt am Main 1969; The landlord , Tübingen 1968
  • René de Obaldia : The farmer as an astronaut , Munich 1966; Blauer Dunst , Pforzheim 1976; Dialoge for three , Munich 1972; Escape to Waterloo. Graf Zeppelin or Emiles Leiden , Wiesbaden 1968; Genousie , Frankfurt am Main 1960; The centenarian , Wiesbaden 1966; Comedies for reflection , Frankfurt am Main 1968; Monsieur Klebs and Rosalie , Frankfurt am Main 1976; Oskar the Column Saint , Frankfurt am Main 1969; The riches of nature , Blieskastel 1996; Seven one-act plays , Neuwied a. Rh. [U. a.] 1963; Tamerlan of Hearts , Wiesbaden 1964; The unknown general. Seeluft , Munich 1960; Wind in the branches of the Sassafras , Frankfurt am Main 1966
  • René Pacaut : Chicken War , Karlsruhe 1966
  • Georges Perec : Anton Voyls Fortgang , Frankfurt am Main 1986; The things , Karlsruhe 1966; 53 days , Munich [u. a.] 1992; Born 1936 , Bremen 1993; The salary increase or How the physical, psychological, climatic, economic and other conditions must be designed so that you have the greatest possible chance of asking your department head to improve your salary , Frankfurt / Main 1970; Stories from Ellis Island or How to Make Americans , Berlin 1997 (with Robert Bober ); In a network of crossed lines , Bremen 1996; The Potato Chamber , Frankfurt am Main 1987; An art cabinet , Munich [u. a.] 1989; Life - Instructions for Use , Frankfurt am Main 1982; A man who sleeps , Bremen 1988; The machine , Stuttgart 1972; Dreams of Spaces , Bremen 1990; W or the childhood memory , Frankfurt am Main 1982; Why are there no cigarettes at the greengrocer , Bremen 1991; What kind of little moped with a chrome handlebar is there in the yard? , Hof / Saale 1970; The winter trip , Berlin 1990
  • Raymond Queneau : The blue flowers , Karlsruhe 1966; The flight of Icarus , Karlsruhe 1969; The skin of dreams , Frankfurt am Main 1964; Heiliger Bimbam , Frankfurt am Main 1965 (translated together with Ludwig Harig ); The dog's tooth , Stuttgart 1972; The children of old Limon , Frankfurt am Main 1988; Monsieur Brabbant's small shops , Stuttgart 1977; My friend Pierrot , Frankfurt am Main 1964; A model story , Hof / Saale 1970; Incidentally , Frankfurt am Main 1978; Odile , Stuttgart 1973; Sally Mara's collected works , Karlsruhe 1. Intimate diary of Sally Mara , 1963 2. One is always too good to women , 1964; Sunday of Life , Karlsruhe 1968; Style exercises Autobus S , Frankfurt am Main 1961 (translated together with Ludwig Harig); A severe winter , Frankfurt am Main 1992; Strokes, signs and letters , Munich 1990; The Trojan Horse and Other Stories , Wiesbaden 1964; A winter in Le Havre , Stuttgart 1975; Zazie in the Metro , Frankfurt am Main 1960
  • Yasmina Reza : Drei Mal Leben , Lengwil 2000; Collected pieces , Lengwil 2000 (translated together with C. Bernd Sucher); Hammerklavier , Zurich 1998; “Art” , Lengwil 1996; A desperation , Munich [u. a.] 2001
  • Christiane Rochefort : Spring for Beginners , Frankfurt am Main 1970; A rose for Morrison , Frankfurt am Main 1967; The door over there , Frankfurt am Main 1990; The world is like two horses , Frankfurt am Main 1986; Fortunately, summer is approaching , Frankfurt am Main 1977
  • Jacques Roubaud : The kidnapping of the beautiful Hortense , Munich [u. a.] 1991; The exile of the beautiful Hortense , Munich 1994; The beautiful Hortense , Munich [u. a.] 1989
  • André Ruellan : The art of dying , Wiesbaden 1966
  • François Ruy-Vidal : On foot, on horseback, on the moon floor , Munich 1974 (translated together with Ludwig Harig )
  • Jean-Jacques Sempé : The social rise of Monsieur Lambert , Zurich 1979; Small deviation , Zurich 1978
  • Jacques Serguine : Early festivals , Karlsruhe 1962; Mano , Karlsruhe 1965
  • Georges Simenon : Arrival of All Saints , Zurich 1979; Antoine and Julie , Zurich 1983; The Hatter's Fantome , Zurich 1982; The house on Quai Notre-Dame , Zurich 1990; The cross-eyed Marie , Zurich 1990; The Donadieu Testament , Zurich 1985; The Suspect , Zurich 1977; Wellenschlag , Zurich 1979
  • Philippe Soupault : Early Poems 1917-1930 , Munich 1983
  • Roland Topor : Memoirs of an Old Asshole , Zurich 1977
  • Boris Vian : Drehwurm, Swing and the Plankton , Frankfurt am Main 1982; Autumn in Beijing , Frankfurt am Main 1979; Hundred Sonnets , Frankfurt am Main 1989; I will spit on your graves , Frankfurt am Main 1979; The Medusa Head , Zurich 1987; Das Rote Gras , Frankfurt am Main 1979; We'll all kill nasties , Frankfurt am Main 1981
  • Boris Vian: I will spit on your graves. (Radio play adaptation) Director: Igor Bauersima , translation: Eugen Helmlé, participants: Igor Bauersima, Dominique Horwitz , Katharina Burowa , Bettina Kurth , Birgit Stöger , 86 minutes, DLR / WDR 2004.
  • Martin Winckler : Doctor Bruno Sachs , Munich [u. a.] 2000

literature

  • Bruno Rauch: Linguistic games - playful language , Zurich 1982
  • Ralph Schock (Ed.): "Cher Georges" - "Cher Eugen". The correspondence between Eugen Helmlé and Georges Perec , BOOK + CD (Reading Helmlé / Perec at Funkhaus Halberg, SR on June 24, 1969; 60 minutes). CONTE-Verlag, St.Ingbert 2015, ISBN 978-3-95602-033-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Helmlé, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and literary translator
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Ensdorf (Saar)
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 2000
Place of death Sulzbach / Saar