Christian W. Schenk

Christian W. Schenk, 2009.

Christian Wilhelm Schenk (born November 11, 1951 in Brașov , People's Republic of Romania ) is a German doctor , poet , essayist , translator and publisher from the group of Transylvanian Saxons .

Life

Christian W. Schenk grew up in a small mining settlement near Brașov and was raised in three languages ​​(German, Hungarian and Romanian). His father is German, his mother Hungarian.

At the end of the 1950s he dared his first lyrical attempts, which was followed by the first publication in 1961: a poem in the children's magazine "Luminița" (Bucharest) under the care of the Romanian poet Tudor Arghezi . He was his mentor from 1959 to 1965 . His second mentor was the Transylvanian poet Vasile Copilu-Cheatră from 1964 to 1969 .

He attended elementary school in his home settlement from 1958 to 1962 and in Wolkendorf from 1962 to 1966. Schenk graduated from high school in Zeiden with interruptions from 1971 to 1973. In the meantime, he got by with odd jobs such as film projectionists, weavers and wage laborers. In 1974 he made up his Abitur.

In 1976 Schenk left Romania and emigrated to Germany. Here he had to take his Abitur again in Wiehl in the Oberbergisches Land in order to obtain a university entrance qualification in Germany. From 1977 to 1980 he completed an apprenticeship as a dental technician in Koblenz and then studied medicine / dentistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz from 1980 to 1986 . 1985 received his doctorate in medicine at the same university with the subject "On the situation of the severely disabled in working life". From 1986 to 1988 Schenk completed the compulsory years for the cash register admission in Lünen , from 1988 he worked in his own practice in Kastellaun . Today Schenk lives in Boppard .

In 1986, Schenk protested as editor-in-chief of the four-language magazine "Romanian Convergences", of which he was editor-in-chief from 1984 to 1986, against the demolition of entire cities and cultural objects under the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, called "urbanization plans" . As a result, he was declared a “ persona non grata ” in Romania , combined with a lifelong ban on entering the country. He continued to write and translate, but only found resonance in the West and the diaspora . After 1989 he was rehabilitated. He received various awards from the government at the time, for example the presidential certificate.

Through his membership in the Association of German Writers , the Romanian Writers' Association, the Union Mondiale des Écrivains Médecins, the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (ARA), the Romanian Writers Association of Doctors, the Academy of Sciences, Literature and Culture in Bihor , In the Hesperus Society, in the Balkan Romance Association and in the South-East-Europe Society, Schenk has endeavored for decades to deepen East-West cultural relations. The Dionysos literature and theater publisher (Kastellaun), which he founded, is also dedicated to this task.

For special services to East-West cultural relations and for his own work, Schenk was proposed as an honorary citizen by the university town of Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) in 2000 and as "Knight of the Danubian Order" in Galați on the Danube.

Publications

• Gedichte / Poezii , Verlag "P", Mainz 1981.
• Omina , self-published, Dortmund 1987.
• Scream of the Dead , Labyrinth Verlag, Bucharest 1991, ISBN 973-607-012-3 .
• Testament , Labyrinth Verlag Bucharest 1991, ISBN 973-607-009-3 .
• The Crucifixion of the Last Word (Rum) , Doris Bucharest Publishing House, 1992, ISBN 973-95562-2-1 .
• Lichtebbe , Verlag German Authors, 1994, ISBN 3-88611-150-4 .
• Blinder Spiegel , Edition L, Loßburg 1994, ISBN 3-9803871-3-5 .
• Signs, sticks and symbols (rum) , Dacia Verlag, Klausenburg / Cluj, ISBN 973-35-0477-7 .
• Mandala , Dionysos Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-9803871-3-5 .
• Two seasons, autumn (rum) , Helicon Verlag, Timișoara 1997, ISBN 973-574-372-8 .
• Poezii / poems . Cogito Verlag, Oradea 1997, ISBN 973-9064-71-X (Romanian / German).
• Vorbe sugrumate-n aer (words strangled in the air - rum) , Cogito Verlag, Oradea 1998, 2nd edition. 1999, ISBN 973-9064-94-9 .
• Poeme vechi si noi (Old and New Poems - Rum) , Axa Verlag, Botoșani 2000, ISBN 973-8034-14-0 .
• Colico Elegie , Cronica Verlag, Iași 2000, ISBN 973-9206-70-0 .
• 55 Poems ( 55th birthday special edition ), 2006, ISBN 973-86530-0-2 .
• Suferind tăcerea (Opera omnia), ed. Tipo Moldova, Iași, 2011, ISBN 978-973-168-492-5 .
• Ulița copilăriei - childhood street . Dionysos Boppard, 2013, ISBN 978-3-933427-02-1 .
• Paladinul . Poezii, Dionysos, Boppard 2017, L.Nr. 978/5/22/31894.
• Word wound , poems. With sixteen drawings by Kaja Grabowicz, (poetry), Verlag Pop, Ludwigsburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86356-165-9 .
• Antology - Poetica : Cenaclul Poetic Schenk, Dionysos, Boppard , bod, ISBN 978-3-7460-9200-3 .
• Six Romanian poets. Selected and translated by Christian W. Schenk. Ana Blandiana , Ion Caraion, Ștefan Augustin Doinaș, Marin Mincu , Emil Manu, Marin Sorescu . Dionysus, Boppard, ISBN 978-1-980320-89-0 .
• Letters 1991–2012 . Romanian, correspondence with: Radu Beligan, Silviu Stănculescu , Dinu Ianculescu, Ștefan Baciu, Eugen Simion, Ștefan Aug. Doinaș, Dumitru Micu, Marin Mincu , Ovid. S. Crohmălniceanu, Aurel Sasu, Marin Sorescu , Ana Blandiana , Cezar Ivănescu, Mihai Ursachi, Adrian Marino, Alexandru Lungu, Traian T. Coșovei, Mircea Zaciu, Gheorghe Bulgăr, Emil Manu, Radu Cârnecofi, Ioana Diaconea Petcean, Mircea Zaciu Cassian Maria Spiridon, Lucian Vasiliu, Gellu Doria, Ştefan Borbély, George Vulturescu, Gavril Matei Albastru, Lucian Chisu, Magda Cârneci, Gabriela Melinescu, Alexandru Cistelecan, Radu G. Ţeposu, Iustin Panta, Ioan TEPELEA, Vasile Copilu Cheatră, Joachim Wittstock , Dan Tărchilă, Klaus Heitmann , Ion Caraion, Eugen Ionesco, Nicholas Catanoy, Mircea Eliade . Dionysus, Boppard, ISBN 978-10-7494369-1 .
• Rosaria: Romanian contemporary poetry 2020. Dionysos Verlag, Boppard 2020, ISBN 979-8-64928-702-9 , 444 pp.

Book translations

• The most beautiful German ballads from Ludwig Uhland to Ricarda Huch (into Romanian) , Cartea Românească, Bucharest 1969.
• Streiflicht - A selection of contemporary Romanian poetry (81 Romanian authors), publisher: Simone R. Mathatia, Dionysos Verlag 1994, ISBN 3-9803871-1-9 .
• Dorin Popa: Poesis - Eleven lyric miniatures , Dionysos Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-9803871-0-0 .
• George Vulturescu: Eyelids , Dionysus Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-9803871-4-3 .
• Lucian Vasiliu: Dance of the Monads , Dionysus Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-9803871-5-1 .
• Ștefan Augustin Doinaș: Born in Utopia , Dionysos Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-9803871-6-X .
• Marin Sorescu : The emptiness of the bell , Dionysos Verlag, 1997 and 2002, ISBN 3-933427-09-6 .
• Emil Manu: Dream Hour , Dionysos Verlag 1997, ISBN 3-9803871-8-6 .
• Dorin Popa: Nobody understands me , Polirom 1998, 973-683-059-4.
• Gellu Dorian: No Man's Island , Dionysos Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-933427-00-2 .
• Valeriu Stancu: Wortwunde , Dionysos Verlag 1998, ISBN 3-9803871-9-4 .
• Ana Blandiana : Sternehimmel , Dionysos Verlag, 1999 and 2002, ISBN 3-933427-08-8 .
• Mihail Eminescu : Complete Poems , Dionysos Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-933427-02-9 .
• Cassian Maria Spiridon: About the forest , Dionysos Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-933427-07-X .
• Ion Caraion: A garden is in me , Dionysos Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-933427-04-5 .
• Aura Christi: Whispers , Dionysos Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-933427-03-7 .
• Marin Mincu : Rotation , Dionysos Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-933427-06-1 .
• Viorela Codreanu Tiron: Fără titlu / Untitled , Amanda edit, Bucharest 2011, ISBN 978-606-8041-39-1 .
• Mihail Eminescu: Poezii / Gedichte , Junimea, Iași 2017, (Eminesciana bibliofil), ISBN 978-973-37-2000-3 .
• Valeriu Stancu: Wortwunde (Second Edition) , Dionysos 1999, 2002, 2018, ISBN 1-976963-52-4 .
• Cassian Maria Spiridon: With thoughts and with pictures , Dionysos, Boppard 2018, ISBN 978-1-980240-34-1 .
• Marius Chelaru: The Beggar's Corner , Poems / Poezii (Romanian contemporary poetry, volume 21/2018), Dionysus, Boppard 2018, ISBN 978-1-976962-78-3 .
• Pieta: A selection of Romanian poetry , Dionysos, Boppard 2018, ISBN 978-1-977075-66-6 .
• George Bacovia : Lead and Other Poems . Dionysos, Boppard 2018, ISBN 978-1-980729-19-8 .
• Six Romanian poets. Selected and translated by Christian W. Schenk. Ana Blandiana , Ion Caraion, Ștefan Augustin Doinaș, Marin Mincu , Emil Manu, Marin Sorescu . Dionysus, Boppard, ISBN 978-1-980320-89-0 .
• Georg Trakl : Versuri; traducere prefață și comentarii de Christian W. Schenk. Notă asupra ediției și note: Ioana Diaconescu. Editura Timpul, 2019, ISBN 978-973-612-756-4 .
• Mihail Eminescu : Eminescu's most beautiful poems, Romanian poetry, Dionysos Boppard , 2019 ISBN 978-1-983195-81-5 .
• Liviu Ioan Stoiciu: The Corruption of Beauty , Dionysus Boppard , 2020, ISBN 978-1-07-494369-1 .
• Leo Butnaru : Philosophy and flax flowers , Dionysus, Boppard 2020, ISBN 979-8618796552 .
• Magda Cârneci : Oh, my generation. Dionysos, Boppard 2020, ISBN 979-8642358887 .
• Horia Gârbea : The Forgotten Dream , Dionysus, Boppard 2020, ISBN 9798625419635 .

In cooperation

• Romanian poet . Romania Press, Bucharest 1998, ISBN 973-97390-7-5 .
• One hundred and eleven Romanian poets , România Press, Bucharest 2000.
• Romanian poets from Eminescu to the present day . România Press, Bucharest 2001, ISBN 973-99696-6-6 .
• With Francisca Ricinski-Marienfeld (transl. And Hrsg.) _: Worn Angel: Ten Romanian poets . Dionysos, Kastellaun 2003, ISBN 3-933427-13-4 .
• Mircea Petean: Ana's poems Dionysus, antolog. şi trad. de Herbert-Werner Mühlroth = anthology and translation by Herbert-Werner Mühlroth. - Floreşti: Limes; Boppard am Rhein: Dionysus, 2019, ISBN 978-606-799-349-3 .

Awards

• 1971: Romanian National Debut Prize for Poetry
• 1993: Jury Prize for Free German-Language Authors
• 1993: The Grand Prize of the City of Sathmar (Satu Mare / Romania)
• 1994: “Poesis” award for translations in Romanian
• 1997: Special prize of the international poetry festival "Oradea"
• 1998: “Frontiera Poesis” award for German translations
• 1999: BOL anniversary award "Goethe Year"
• 2000: National Award for Special Merit in the Literature of both Countries Romania and Germany - presented by the Romanian President.
• 2000: Honorary citizen of the city of Cluj-Napoca
• 2000: National "Mihai Eminescu" Medal of Honor awarded by the Romanian Minister of Education.
• 2001: Poetry Prize from the magazine "Convorbiri literare" (Literary Conversations - Iaschi)
• September 2006: Prize of the Romanian Writers' Union
• 2006: "Knight of the Danubian Order" for exceptional service in promoting and bringing East-West culture closer together
• June 2006: Award “Excellence in Literature” Cultural Association “Conta” Moldova
• 2006: Award "MAGNA CUM AMICITIAE" for consistent East-West cultural commitment (Das * rum-nat Literature Museum)
• 2007 Diploma of Excellence - Ipoteşti Memorial - Mihai Eminescu National Research Center
• 2007 The Romanian Writers ' Union, Iași branch , prize for the work and for the German-Romanian cultural activities.
• September 2018: Prize of the Romanian Writers' Union

literature

• Gheorghe Bulgăr, Emil Manu, Dan Tărchilă (eds.): CW Schenk o prezență poetică în literatura română . Doris, Bucharest 1993, ISBN 973-95885-3-0 .
• Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu: Alăptat de două mame . Phoenix book series 1992.
• Eugen Simion: Limba maternă și limba poeziei - Cazul Christian W. Schenk . Phoenix book series 1993.
• Vasile Copilu-Cheatră: O lacrimă după înger, eseu, în . Phoenix book series.
• Ștefan Borbély: Umbra cuvintelor - Experiența lui Christian W. Schenk , Phoenix 1995 book series, si în: “Xenograme”, ed. Cogito / Oradea 1997, pp. 161–224.
• Dumitru Micu: Poezia lui Christian W. Schenk , Bucharest 1998/1999.
• Marin Mincu : Christian W. Schenk și poietica antilucrurilor . In: Luceafărul nr. 42 (434), Nov. 28, 2001.

Web links

• Further information from the Association of German Writers (Landesverband Rheinland-Pfalz)
• Schenk im Kürschner 2012/13 (google books)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Honorary citizen of the city of Cluj-Napoca