Brigitte Döbert

Brigitte Döbert (born 1959 in Offenbach ), with full name Brigitte Bertha Döbert , is a German artist , author and translator of non-fiction books, literary works and comics from Bosnian , English , Croatian and Serbian .

Life

Brigitte Döbert graduated from high school in 1978 and then studied philosophy , African and German and book studies in Mainz . In 1986 she finished her studies with a thesis on the aesthetics of Georg Lukács . In the following year she received exchange scholarships from the universities of Mainz and Zagreb . From 1988 to 1989 she was on a DAAD scholarship for one year of study in Belgrade. In 1990 and 1991 she worked on her dissertation on the role of aesthetics in Fichte's scientific teaching with the support of the state graduate support . She received her doctorate in 1992 with the text Spur des Unbedingen. Fichte's conception of sensuality in the tension between aesthetics and aisthesis . From 1992 to 1995 she worked as an employee for the publishers Vieweg and Kiefel, and since then she has been working as a freelancer. As an artist, she is mainly active in the areas of artist books and installations , and she creates artistic objects. So far she has mainly exhibited in galleries in Cologne and Berlin. Her translation of the novel Die Tutoren von Bora Ćosić , which was previously considered untranslatable , has received several awards, including the Leipzig Book Fair Prize , Category: Translation. She is also a member of the PEN Center Germany and the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ. For the latter, she coordinates the nationwide VdÜ events for the International Translators' Day together with Claudia Hamm and Sonja Finck .

Brigitte Döbert lives and works in Berlin.

“The great importance of the translation deserves special mention (for Mikhail Bakhtin ). 'The literary-linguistic consciousness was not found in the ordered system of a single language that was beyond doubt, but on the border of many languages; where they orientated themselves to one another. ' Wherever great things arise in literature, linguistic boundaries are overcome. When translating the Serbian original, Brigitte Döbert elicited undreamt-of possibilities from the German language ... Brigitte Döbert is one of those outstanding translators who on the one hand fully master the rules of the art of translation, but also courageously dare to create something new. "

- Alida Bemer, eulogy for Döbert, Leipzig Translation Prize 2016 : Magazine Translate ., 1, 2016, Hg Association of German translators of literary and scientific works, VdÜ

Awards (selection)

• 2018 Georg Dehio Book Prize (as a translator), together with Miljenko Jergović
• 2016 Straelener translator award of the Kunststiftung NRW for the translation of the epic Die Tutoren von Bora Ćosić
• 2016 Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair , Translation category , for Bora Ćosić's tutors
• 2015 KURS residency scholarship in Split, Croatia, for Miljenko Jergović Rod (OT) ; with Blanka Stipetić and Daša Drndić on the shortlist of the International Literature Prize
• 2013/2014 annual scholarship from the German Literature Fund for Bora Ćosić: Die Tutoren
• 2013 BCWT residence grant, Visby, from the German Translation Fund
• 2012 Perewest Scholarship ; Work grant from the German Translation Fund; with Bora Ćosić on the shortlist for the Brücke Berlin Prize
• 2010 with Miljenko Jergović on the shortlist for the Brücke Berlin Prize
• 2006 Perewest Scholarship
• 1999 Working grant, German Translator Fund
• 1997 Residence grant from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for the European Translators' College in Straelen

Publications

Translations from Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (selection)

• Rujana Jeger : Darkroom. Novel. Verlag CH Beck , Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-40651-706-8
• Miljenko Jergović : Buick Rivera . Novel. Schöffling & Co. , Frankfurt a. M. 2006, ISBN 978-3-89561-390-6
• Dževad Karahasan : Reports from the dark world. Prose. Insel Verlag , Frankfurt a. M. 2007
• Miljenko Jergović: The Walnut House. Novel. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7632-5980-9
• Miljenko Jergović: Sarajevo Marlboro . Stories. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-89561-392-0
• Miljenko Jergović: Freelander . Novel. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2010, ISBN 978-3-89561-393-7
• Miljenko Jergović: Volga, Volga. Novel. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2011, ISBN 978-3-89561-394-4
• Vladimir Pištalo : Millennium in Belgrade. Novel. Dittrich, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-937717-61-6
• Bora Ćosić : A short childhood in Agram. 1932–1937 Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2011, ISBN 978-3-89561-585-6
• Dragan Velikić : Bonavia. Novel. Hanser Berlin , 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24502-0
• Simić Bodrožić : Of all the incredible things. Novel. Voland & Quist , Dresden 2013, ISBN 978-3-86391-033-4
• Bora Ćosić: Long shadows in Berlin. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2014, ISBN 978-3-89561-586-3
• Bora Ćosić: The tutors . Novel. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2015, ISBN 978-3-89561-587-0
• Daša Drndić : Sunshine. Novel. trans. together with B. Stipetić, Hoffmann and Campe , Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-455-40516-3
• Miljenko Jergović: father. Essay. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2015, ISBN 978-3-89561-395-1
• Miljenko Jergović: The unheard-of story of my family. Novel. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt a. M. 2017, ISBN 978-3-89561-396-8

Translations from English (selection)

• Charles Taylor: The sound makes the physics. The sciences of sounds and instruments. Vieweg Verlag , Wiesbaden 1994, ISBN 978-3-528-06574-4
• William H. Brock : Vieweg's History of Chemistry , with Dr. Heike Völker. Vieweg Verlag, Wiesbaden 1997
• Joseph L. Badaracco : Silent Leadership. Springer Gabler , Wiesbaden 2002
• Benjamin M. Cole : The Pied Piper of Wall Street. How analysts manipulate the stock market world. Campus-Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2002
• Ian Graeme Barbour : Science and Faith , with Susanne Starke-Perschke and Sabine Floer. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2003
• Kirk Cheyfitz : No more madness! The 12 Ultimate Laws for Successful Businesses. Linde Verlag , Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-7093-0013-8
• Laura Rothenberg  : Take a deep breath. The lifelong fight against cystic fibrosis. Bergisch Gladbach: Bastei Lübbe 2005, ISBN 978-3-404-61569-8
• Carol Bellamy , German Committee for UNICEF (ed.): On the situation of children in the world 2005. Threatened childhood. Fischer paperback , Frankfurt am Main 2005
• Alex Pattakos : prisoners of our thoughts. Viktor Fankl's 7 principles that give life and work meaning. Linde Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-7093-0079-4
• Marcus Buckingham : The One Thing - what matters. Linde Verlag, Vienna 2006
• Julia Hollander : When you feel it no longer works. Bastei Lübbe , Bergisch Gladbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-404-61645-9
• Erich Joachimsthaler : Marketing on course for innovation. Modern industry publishing house , Munich 2008
• Stephen Kinzer : In the service of the Shah: CIA, MI6 and the roots of terror in the Middle East. Wiley-VCH Verlag , Weinheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-527-50415-2
• Philip Kotler , John A. Caslione : Chaotics. Management and marketing for turbulent times. Modern Industry Publishing House, Munich 2009
• Ram Charan : Act right now! Defying the crisis - strategies for all areas of the company. Linde Verlag, Vienna 2009
• Annabelle Gurwitch , Jeff Kahn : You are impossible, I love you !: The adventure of marriage - a true love story. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-15596-5
• Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal): How to Know Your Cat Is Planning Your Death. Comic. Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-527-50741-2
• Mark D. White , Robert Arp , William Irwin (Eds.): The Philosophy in Batman. A journey into the soul of the Dark Knight. Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-527-50681-1
• Patrick Lencioni : The advantage: Why only vital and robust companies take the lead. Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-527-50763-4
• Mark Thompson: Birth Certificate. The story of Danilo Kiš (with Blanka Stipetić). Carl Hanser Verlag , Munich 2015
• James Wyllie , Johnny Acton and David Goldblatt : Through history by time machine: from the eruption of Vesuvius to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-455-37035-5

Own texts (selection)

• The tutors. A tutorial, as it were, for the translation of Bora Ćosić's Chef d'Œuvre , In: Sabine Baumann (Ed.): The great novel of Europe. Bora Ćosić: The tutors. Material, texts, photos. Schöffling & Co. , Frankfurt 2015 ISBN 978-3-89561-584-9 , pp. 22-32
• About asymmetry. A very one-sided attempt at the relationship between author and translator , In: Helga Pfetsch (Ed.): Souveräne Brückenbauer. 60 years of VdÜ . Böhlau, Cologne 2014, ISBN 9783412222840 , pp. 299–301
• as editor: 07/10 - very far. Book accompanying the exhibition and commemorative event on Srebrenica at artclub , Cologne, July 10, 2010
• Defiance and prejudice. Serbia after Karadžić's arrest , In: St. Gallen Tagblatt, July 28, 2008, p. 17
• Sarajevo retro, or: Der Orient im Occident , In: Wespennest 148/2007, p. 13ff; translated by Karádi Éva Forditása, Lettre Magyar 68/2008, p. 77f
• Identity. Texts and drawings. Artist book, multiple. Cologne 2007. Exhibited at artclub, Cologne 2008
• Autumn. Artist book, unique. Kronenburg / Cologne 2007 exhibited at artclub, Cologne 2008
• as Brigitte Kleidt: The journey of words. Report on the »Recontres littéraires de Sarajevo«, organized by the Center André Malraux, In: Translate , Zeitschrift des VdÜ, 2, 2001, p. 1ff online
• Widrig der Grenzgott (review), In: Art & Culture 6/2000, p. 20
• as Brigitte Kleidt: Ethiopia - Christian Africa. Art, churches and culture (with Ewald Hein). Illustrated book. Melina, Ratingen 1999 (Ethiopia - Christian Africa. Art, Churches, and Culture. Übers. John M. Deasy. (Same publisher))
• as Brigitte Kleidt, with Ewald Hein et al .: Cyprus - Byzantine churches and monasteries. Mosaics and frescoes. Illustrated book. Melina, Ratingen 1996 (introductory part, pp. 6-53; appendix, pp. 171-198). (= Cyprus - Byzantine Churches and Monasteries. Mosaics and Frescoes. Translated by John M. Deasy. Same publisher, 1998)
• Trace of the unconditional. Fichte's conception of sensuality in the tension between aesthetics and aisthesis (dissertation print ) Mainz 1992
• The limits of ratio. Conference on Nikolaus von Kues at the University of Mainz , In: Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung June 3, 1991
• Reflections on meaning and aesthetics under the sign of the apocalypse. Text (Belgrade, May 1988) and pictures (Cologne, August – December 2007). Artist book, unique. Exhibited at the artclub, Cologne 2008
• State borders often also borders of the mind. A meeting of Yugoslav and West German authors , In: Frankfurter Rundschau , November 5, 1987
• Georg Lukács ' aesthetics: systematic development and historical development. Term paper to obtain the academic degree of a Magister Artium. University of Mainz 1986

Web links

• Literature by and about Brigitte Döbert in the catalog of the German National Library
• Döbert in the translator database at the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works, VdÜ, 2019
• Brigitte Döbert. Brigitte Döbert's website, accessed September 4, 2016 . 
• "I hope there is no literary word in this book". Deutschlandradio Kultur, January 29, 2016, accessed on September 25, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brigitte Döbert. Kunststiftung NRW , March 9, 2016, accessed on August 29, 2016 . 
2. ^ Brigitte Bertha Döbert: Literature. Brigitte Döbert, accessed on September 4, 2016 . 
3. ^ Brigitte Bertha Döbert: Art. Brigitte Döbert, accessed on September 4, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Nominations and award winners 2016
5. ↑ The language artist Brigitte Döbert. Deutschlandradio Kultur , April 8, 2016, accessed on September 4, 2016 . 
6. ↑ International Translators Day | VdÜ - the literary translator. Retrieved July 30, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Döbert's acceptance speech is attached to the site