Cornelius Hartz

Cornelius Hartz at a reading in 2016

Cornelius Hartz (born September 28, 1973 in Lübeck ) is a German writer , non-fiction author and translator .

life and work

Cornelius Hartz studied Latin , Greek and English at the University of Hamburg and received his doctorate there in 2007 with a thesis on Greek and Latin poetry in Latin philology with Dorothee Gall . He then worked as a publishing editor at the Philipp von Zabern publishing house in Mainz and as a freelance editor and translator .

His first novel was published in 2008, followed by numerous non-fiction books and other fiction titles. He has also re-translated the poems of the Roman writer Catullus into German. Today he works as a freelance author, translator and editor in Hamburg . He is also one of the directors of the Wolfenbüttel Literature Laboratory .

Reviews

"It should also be emphasized that the translation by Cornelius Hartz was successful, as it offers a linguistically fluent and conceptually precise text."

- Historical magazine

Own publications

Fiction

• Excrucior. Historical novel. Mainz 2008, ISBN 978-3-8053-3902-5 . (eBook: The Heirs of Rome. Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-96148-440-9 )
• Transit - alternative history thriller . eBook 2012.
• Brook and the Scorpion . Detective novel. Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-95451-077-1
• Brook among robbers . Detective novel. Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-95451-358-1
• Girl blush . Detective novel. Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-95451-684-1

Non-fiction

• Roman writer. Mainz 2010 ( The Famous ), ISBN 978-3-8053-4067-0 .
• See, that's how you die! 55 best last words. Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8053-4433-3 .
• Crime scene ancient. Famous crimes of antiquity. Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8053-4507-1 .
• 7x7 wonders of the world. Famous voices about the most important buildings of antiquity. Mainz 2012, ISBN 978-3-943904-06-2 .
• Gods, monsters and heroes. Famous voices about the most important mythological figures of antiquity. Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-943904-11-6 .
• Antiquity with a bite. The scariest stories from Homer to Horace. Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8053-4662-7 .
• Antiquity in 60 minutes. Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85179-260-7 .
• Scandal! - Scandals and excitement around the ancient world. Darmstadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-8062-2861-8 .
• Orgies, we want orgies! - This is how the ancient Romans celebrated. Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-654-60415-2 .
• 55 1/2 places around the Reeperbahn that you have to see. Cologne 2015, ISBN 978-3-95451-734-3 .
• All myth! 20 popular misconceptions about the ancient Romans. Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3273-8 .
• Lucky places in Hamburg. Go there and be happy. 7th edition, Düsseldorf 2020, ISBN 978-3-7700-2033-1 . (English translation by Kristina MacVicar: Happiness Hotspots in Hamburg. Düsseldorf 2020, ISBN 978-3-7700-2225-0 .)
• Even more lucky spots in Hamburg. Go there and be happy Volume 2. Düsseldorf 2020, ISBN 978-3-7700-2196-3 .

science

• Catullus epigrams in the context of Hellenistic poetry. Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019466-1 .
• Catullus. Poems - Carmina. Translated and commented by Cornelius Hartz. Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-534-18157-5 .

Audio books

• Roman writer. Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-654-60175-5 .
• Crime scene ancient. Famous crimes of antiquity. Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-654-60333-9 .
• Orgies, we want orgies! - This is how the ancient Romans celebrated. Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-654-60415-2 .
• Scandal! - Scandals and excitement around the ancient world. Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-654-60414-5 .

Translations

Biographies

• Tim Jeal: Baden-Powell. Founder of the Boy Scout Movement. Wesel 2007, ISBN 978-3-926308-11-5 .
• R. Alden Smith: Virgil. Poet of the romans. Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8053-4463-0 .
• Julia Haig Gaisser: Catullus. Poet of passion. Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8053-4525-5 .
• Karl Galinsky : Augustus. His life as an emperor. Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8053-4677-1 .
• Douglas Smith: And the earth will tremble. Rasputin and the end of the Romanovs. Darmstadt 2017, ISBN 978-3-8062-3574-6 . (with Martin Richter, Bernd Rullkötter)
• Dita Kraus: A life postponed: Childhood in a concentration camp - new beginning in Israel. Göttingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-8353-3650-6 .

Non-fiction / science

• Mamoun Fansa , Detlef Hoffmann (Ed.): Lawrence von Arabien. Genesis of a Myth. Exhibition catalog Oldenburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8053-4243-8 .
• Nigel Pollard, Joanne Berry: The Legions of Rome. Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8062-2633-1 .
• Sam Moorhead, David Stuttard: 31 v. BC - Antony, Cleopatra and the fall of Egypt. Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8062-2705-5 .
• Thomas Wynn, Frederick L. Coolidge: Think Like a Neanderthal. Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8053-4525-5 .
• Stefano Vecchia: The Khmer. Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8053-4670-2 .
• Daniel Snell: The Religions of the Ancient Orient. Darmstadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-8053-4807-2 .
• Dries Verbruggen, Claire Warnier (ed.): Printing things. How 3D printing is changing design. Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-89955-529-5 .
• Lauro Martines: Bloody Age. Europe at war 1450-1700. Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3018-5 .
• Eric H. Cline : 1177 BC BC - The first downfall of civilization. Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3195-3 .
• Daniel Rosenberg, Anthony Grafton : Time in Cards. A journey through history in pictures. Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8053-4936-9 .
• Barry Strauss: The Ides of March. Protocol of a murder. Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3266-0 .
• Dana Arnold: A Little History of Art. Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-7913-8221-0 .
• Karina Urbach: Hitler's secret helper. The nobility in the service of power. Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-8062-3383-4 .
• Philip T. Hoffman: How Europe Conquered the World. Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-8062-3476-3 .
• David Evans: Waste. How food becomes waste. Darmstadt 2016, ISBN 978-3-8062-3494-7 .
• Joby Warrick: Black Flags. The rise of IS and the US. Darmstadt 2017, ISBN 978-3-8062-3477-0 .
• Zahi Hawass , Mark Lehner : The pyramids of Giza . Darmstadt 2017, ISBN 978-3-8053-5105-8 . (with Martina Fischer, Renate Heckendorf)
• James E. Packer, Gilbert J. Gorski: The Roman Forum. Darmstadt 2017, ISBN 978-3-5342-6949-5 . (with Jörg Fündling)
• Michael Kulikowski: Triumph of Power. The Roman Empire from Hadrian to Constantine. Darmstadt 2018, ISBN 978-3-8062-3669-9 .
• Eric H. Cline : Sunken Worlds and How to Find Them. On the trail of brilliant explorers and archaeologists. Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-4210-4801-1 .
• Simon RF Price and Peter Thonemann: The Birth of Classical Europe. A History of Antiquity from Troy to Augustine. Darmstadt 2018, ISBN 978-3-8062-3822-8 .
• Peter Heather : The last bloom of Rome. The Age of Justinian. Darmstadt 2019, ISBN 978-3-8062-3892-1 .
• Catherine Nixey: Holy Wrath. How the early Christians destroyed antiquity. Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-421-04775-5 .
• David Macaulay : A CITY according to plan. This is how the ancient Romans built. Oppenheim 2019, ISBN 978-3-9617-6087-9 .
• Robert L. Kelly: Why it's normal for the world to end. A short story from yesterday and tomorrow. Darmstadt 2020, ISBN 978-3-8062-4014-6 .

Poetry

• Catullus : Poems - Carmina. Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-534-18157-5 .

Fiction

• David Macaulay : Motel of Mysteries. Mainz 2018, ISBN 978-3-9617-6038-1 .
• Edward Carey: The Extraordinary Life of a Maid Called PETITE, better known as Madame Tussaud . Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-4067-3948-4 .
• Rye Curtis: Cloris. Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-4067-5535-4 .

Illustrated books

• James Attlee: North Sea. Culture, history, pictures. Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-7913-8323-1 .
• Nora Manthey and Horst A. Friedrichs: Coffee Style. Coffee - cult - enjoyment. Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-7913-8320-0 .
• Pete Souza : Barack Obama. Images of an Era. Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-7913-8433-7 .
• Nathalie Herschdorfer and Pietro Giglio: Mountains. The Magnum Archive. Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-7913-8585-3 .

editor

• since 2013: distillates. Literature Labor Wolfenbüttel (with Kathrin Lange and others). Wolfenbüttel Academy Texts. Wolfenbüttel 2013–2019.
• Hamburg in 66 properties . Düsseldorf 2019, ISBN 978-3-7700-2116-1 .

Awards

• 2010 - Excrucior shortlisted for the Sir Walter Scott Prize
• 2014 - scandal! Book of the month of the WBG
• 2018 - Lucky places in Hamburg on the shortlist for HamburgLesen , the book prize of the Hamburg State Library
• 2019 - Working grant from the German Translator Fund eV

Web links

• Literature by and about Cornelius Hartz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Cornelius Hartz
• chapter one : Cornelius Hartz's blog

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ http://lilawo.de/texte.htm
3. ↑ Christoph Begass, review of Peter Heather, "The last blossom of Rome , in: Historische Zeitschrift, Volume 311, Issue 1, p. 192
4. ↑ http://www.literatopia.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6926:shortlist-sir-walter-scott-preis-2010&catid=1:aktuelle-nachrichten&Itemid=84
5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ http://hamburglesen.de/