Adriaan Morriën

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Adriaan Morriën (born June 5, 1912 in Velsen , † June 7, 2002 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch poet , storyteller , essayist and literary critic .

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Adriaan Morriën first appeared as a poet. In 1939 he published his first volume of poetry, Hartslag . His poetry initially dealt with the relationship between the sexes and between parents and children. Topics such as "eroticism, fear and power" were added later. After the Second World War , Morriën worked as a translator from German and French as well as an essayist and literary critic. He was editor-in-chief of Literair Paspoort magazine . In 1954 he wrote the Dutch boekenweek present Goed geboekt together with Jacques den Haan and Charles Boost .

In the German language, it was particularly read in the 1950s and early 1960s. At this point in time, Dutch literature in the German-speaking area was mainly identified with the humorous stories Morriëns, Simon Carmiggelt and Godfried Bomans '.

In 1949 Morriën joined the young group 47 , where he became one of the most popular authors in the early days. This is how Albrecht Knaus judged that his reading of An untidy man was “[the] dramatic climax of the conference” in 1950 in Inzigkofen and Morriën, “a humorist of such high grace” who “completely cast a spell” on the audience. In 1954, Morriën won the group 47 award for his satire Too great hospitality chases the guests away as the only non-German-speaking author , which Armin Eichholz took as an opportunity to characterize the Dutchman: "He is a literary globetrotter, terribly careless in maintaining his relationships, whimsical and of cozy humor; he is the only one in the group to have something of the romantic charm that the public, strangely enough, still expects from a real poet. "Morriën commented on the award:" I was particularly surprised that I received the award. I didn't have the feeling that I was literary better than the others, it was more a token of gratitude. I was seen as one of those few foreigners who did not view Germany with malicious glee and who did not want to enrich themselves at Germany's expense. "

In 1957, Arnold Bauer saw a “modern storyteller” in Morriën, whom Group 47 jointly paid tribute to: “Let's be glad we have him.” However, Morriën's success in German declined in the early 1960s. At the meeting of Group 47 in Aschaffenburg in 1960, his text was " condemned in a nutshell by Richter's executioners". As a result, his literature in German was largely forgotten. In 1969, Rolf Schneider judged that the Group 47 award to Morriën “looked a bit strange from today”.

In addition to his journalistic activities, Morriën continued to publish poetry and prose in Dutch and was awarded prizes for his poems and translations (by Heinrich Böll , Erich Kästner , Sigmund Freud , Albert Camus and Guy de Maupassant, among others ).

Publications (in German)

  • 1955 - a messy person . Stories. Translated by Georg Goyert
  • 1957 - Alissa and Adrienne or The Upbringing of Parents . prose
  • 1957 - A particularly beautiful leg and other messages from everyday anatomy . prose
  • 1960 - take your time . Poems / short stories

Awards

  • 1954 - Group 47 award
  • 1962 - Martinus Nijhoff-prijs for translations from French
  • 1988 - Herman Gorterprijs for Oogappel

Web links

Commons : Adriaan Morriën  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cor de Back, Niels Bokhove: Dutch authors about Franz Kafka, 1922–1942 . Rodopi, Amsterdam 1993, ISBN 90-5183-543-4 , p. 55
  2. ^ Herbert van Uffelen: Modern Dutch literature in the German-speaking area . LIT Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-89473-741-7 , p. 408
  3. ^ Albrecht Knaus: The Mastersingers of Inzigkofen . In: Reinhard Lettau (Ed.): Group 47 - Report Critique of Polemics. A manual . Luchterhand, Neuwied and Berlin 1967, pp. 55–56
  4. ↑ Armin Eichholz: Thomas Mann's praise and making money . In Lettau (ed.): The group 47 - report criticism polemics. A Handbook , pp. 99-100
  5. ^ New impulses from abroad ( Memento of April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) . Literature in context, publication by the University of Vienna
  6. ↑ Arnold Bauer: Everyone can express their opinion here . In Lettau (ed.): The group 47 - report criticism polemics. A Handbook , p. 128
  7. ^ Judge's topping-out ceremony . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 1962 ( online ).
  8. ^ Rolf Schneider: Towards ruin . In: Die Zeit , 49/1969
personal data
SURNAME Morriën, Adriaan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Velsen
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 2002
Place of death Amsterdam