Erwin Köstler (translator)

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Erwin Köstler (* 1964 in Trier , Rhineland-Palatinate ) is an Austrian translator of Slovenian literature and a freelance literary scholar .

life and work

Köstler studied medicine and Slovenian studies at the University of Vienna . While still a student, he began working as a translator and freelance scientist. He became known to a wider public through his translations from the work of Ivan Cankar ; since 1994 he has been responsible for an edition of the work in annotated individual volumes (mostly first translations), which is published by Drava Verlag in Klagenfurt . The first complete and annotated transmission of the Integrali by Srečko Kosovel (1999) emerged from his preoccupation with classics of Slovenian literature . He also edited Slavko Grum's collected prose in German (2006). Köstler is the initiator and publisher of the Slovene Library book series , a joint project of the Drava, Wieser and Hermagoras publishers , which encompasses Slovenian prose from the 19th and 20th centuries and started publishing the first five volumes in 2013. Köstler also translated Carinthian-Slovenian authors for Drava ( Prežihov Voranc , Lipej Kolenik , Jože Blajs , Milka Hartman ). His translational work encompasses all literary genres and a broad spectrum of time, but since the turn of the millennium the focus has been on contemporary Slovenian prose . The authors he has translated include Franjo Frančič , Sebastijan Pregelj , Andrej E. Skubic and Breda Smolnikar .

Erwin Köstler complements his translation work with scientific work. In 2002 he graduated with an editorial work on Srečko Kosovels Integrali (cf. Vom Erleben und Deuten 2005), the following year he received his doctorate with a thesis on the history of the translation of Slovene literature into German (cf. Vom Kultlosen Volk zur Europäische Avantgarde 2006). From 2002 to 2004 he worked on the research project Literature and Resistance at the Institute for General and Comparative Literature at the University of Klagenfurt (together with Andrej Leben ). He published critical articles on Cankar research in Slovenian specialist journals and participated in numerous international symposia. From 2010 to 2011 he was co-editor of a three-part Zwischenwelt series on the subject of exile in Yugoslavia (together with Gabriele Anderl) . In the 2015 summer semester he was a guest lecturer at the Institute for Slavic Studies at the University of Graz . Since March 2016, Köstler has been working on the FWF project Bilingual literary practice of the Carinthian Slovenes after 1991 .

In 1999, Köstler received the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translators, Translatio 2000 , and in 2010 the Lavrin Diploma ( Lavrinova diploma ), an award given annually by the Association of Slovenian Translators for special merits in the field of conveying Slovenian literature abroad. He was awarded the Fabjan Hafner Prize in 2020 for his translation of the novel Chronos harvests by Mojca Kumerdej. Köstler lives in Vienna and is a member of the translators interest group .

Publications (selection)

Translations

  • Marijan Pušavec , Jakob Klemenčič: Alma M. Karlin - World Citizen from the Provin , Bahoe Books , Vienna 2020.
  • Marijan Pušavec , Zoran Smiljanić : The Mexicans, Volume 3: Mexico !. , Bahoe Books , Vienna 2019. (5-volume graphic novel)
  • Marijan Pušavec , Zoran Smiljanić : The Mexicans, Volume 2: Laibach. , Bahoe Books , Vienna 2019. (5-volume graphic novel)
  • Marijan Pušavec, Zoran Smiljanić: The Mexicans, Volume 1: Miramare. , Bahoe Books , Vienna 2018. (5-volume graphic novel)
  • Mojca Kumerdej: Chronos reaps. Novel. Göttingen: Wallstein 2019.
  • Franjo Frančič: childhood. Klagenfurt: Sisyphus 2017.
  • Andrej E. Skubic: Games without limits. Novel. Dresden, Leipzig: Voland & Quist 2017.
  • Sebstijan Pregelj: Chronicle of oblivion. Novel. Klagenfurt / Celovec. Darava 2017.
  • Andrej E. Skubic : Quiet. Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2017.
  • Sebastijan Pregelj : Under a lucky star. Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2015.
  • Andrej E. Skubic: How much of you is mine? Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2015.
  • Breda Smolnikar: When the birch trees are leaping . Wieser; Klagenfurt / Celovec 2015.
  • Sebastijan Pregelj: 'On the terrace of the Tower of Babel'. Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2013.
  • Vladimir Bartol : 'Between idyll and horror . Novellas 1935–1940 ''. Drava, Mohorjeva / Hermagoras, Wieser; Klagenfurt / Celovec 2013. (Slovenian library)
  • Ivan Cankar : Milan and Milena. Stories. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2011.
  • Franjo Frančič: Where do the butterflies hide from the rain. Stories 1984-2006. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2010.
  • Franjo Frančič: ice cream. Fire. Reality. Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2009.
  • Ivan Cankar: White Chrysanthemum. Critical and Political Writings. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2008.
  • Milka Hartman : The frost spins my beds with fine nets. (with Andrej Leben). Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2007.
  • Slavko Grum: The white asylum. Collected prose. Thanhouses; Ottensheim on the Danube 2006.
  • Ivan Cankar: Martin Kačur. Life description of an idealist. Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2006.
  • Prežihov Voranc : Landmarks. Stories. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2005.
  • Franjo Frančič: home, pale mother. Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2005.
  • Ivan Cankar: Mrs. Judit. Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2003.
  • Franjo Frančič: And others. Narratives . Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2003.
  • Zoran Hočevar : Mr. Schühlein von Breg. Roman.Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2002.
  • Ivan Cankar: Servants. Dramatic works. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2001.
  • Lipej Kolenik: For life, against death. My way into the resistance. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2001.
  • Tomo Virk (editor): The time of the short story. Contemporary stories from Slovenia. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2001.
  • Vlado Žabot : Wolf nights . Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2000.
  • Srečko Kosovel . Integrals. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 1999.
  • Ivan Cankar: Dream Images. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 1998.
  • Ivan Cankar: The House of Mercy. Novel. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 1996.
  • Ivan Cankar: Before the finish. Literary sketches from Vienna. Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 1994.

Monographs

  • From the cultureless people to the European avant-garde. Main lines of translation, presentation and reception of Slovenian literature in German-speaking countries . Peter Lang, Bern 2006
  • From experiencing and interpreting. Srečko Kosovels Integrali: an editorial artifact and his position as an outstanding figure in the Slovenian avant-garde . Foreword by Janez Vrečko. Article 7 cultural association for Styria, Pavelhaus; Bad Radkersburg, Graz 2005
  • Ivan Cankar: materials and texts . Drava, Klagenfurt / Celovec 2000

Scientific contributions

  • The memory of the war. Review of Marija Jurić Pahor: The Memory of War. The isonzo front in the memorial literature of soldiers and civilians. Hermagoras / Mohorjeva, Klagenfurt 2017; in: Zwischenwelt , 35, 3, November 2018, ISSN  1606-4321 p. 68f.
  • The early translations of Slovenian literature into German 1780–1848, in: Gertraud Marinelli-König, Philipp Hofeneder (ed.): "Other bees ..." The literary transfer between Slavic cultures and German-speaking countries in the age of world literature (1770–1850) . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2015, 163–171.
  • with Andrej Leben: Posredovanje slovenske literature v nemški govorni prostor in dvojezično založništvo na Koroškem . In: Obdobja 33. Recepcija slovenske književnosti. The Reception of Slovene Literature. Filozofska fakulteta, Ljubljana 2014, pp. 211–217.
  • To intensify the mediation of Slovenian literature in German-speaking countries . In: Andreas Leben, Martina Orožen, Erich Prunč (eds.): Contributions to interdisciplinary Slovenian studies. Prispevki k meddisciplinarni slovenistiki. Festschrift for Ludwig Karničar on his 65th birthday . Leykam, Graz 2014, pp. 251–257
  • Narrative of violence in the narrative prose of the Slovenian writer Franjo Frančič . In: Laura Burlon, Nina Frieß, Irina Gradinari, Katarzyna Różańska, Peter Salden (eds.): Crime - Fiction - Marketing. Violence in contemporary Slavic literatures . Universitätsverlag Potsdam, 2013, pp. 297–311
  • Between aesthetics and resistance. On Lipuš's reception of Cankar in his articles for the magazine mladje . In: Fabjan Hafner, Johann Strutz (Ed.): War, Resistance, Liberation. Their reverberations in the cultures and literatures of the Alps-Adriatic region . Drava, Klagenfurt 2012, pp. 153-169
  • K problematiki hrepenenja v slovenskem cankarjeslovju . In: Primerjalna književnost , 35/3 (2012), 299-315.
  • The Yugoslav war experience in Austrian (exile) literature. In: Zwischenwelt , 27, 4, February 2011, pp. 47–51
  • Pojavne oblike memorije in spomina v literarnih delih Prežihovega Voranca . In: Jezik in slovstvo , LV / 3–4 (2010), 77–87.
  • Whether interpretiranju Cankarjeve proze . In: Jezik in slovstvo , LIII / 3–4 (maj-avg. 2008), 157–164.
  • Irena Avsenik Nabergoj. Mirror of Reality and Dreams. Stories and Confessions by Ivan Cankar . Translator Jason Blake. Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2008. In: Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch 56/2010, pp. 261–267.
  • with Andrej Leben: From the primary sources to the journalistic discourse on the armed resistance of the partisans in Carinthia . In: Zeitgeschichte 34/4 (July / August 2007), pp. 226–242.
  • Who should the translation benefit? Some examples of the effect of utilitarian concepts in conveying Slovenian literature in German-speaking countries . In: Wiener Slawistisches Jahrbuch , 53, 2007, pp. 177–190
  • with Andrej Leben: Literatura in odpor, odpor v literaturi . In: Jezik in slovstvo (Ljubljana) 50/2 (March-April 2005), 105–116.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniela Trieb: Erwin Köstler. Interview. In: transstar-europa.com. June 2014, accessed September 5, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Slovenian Library. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
  3. ^ Karolina Szczepanska: Ice cream. Fire. Reality. Franjo Frančič's most extensive novel to date. In: The Berlin literary criticism. February 17, 2010, accessed September 5, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Christoph Schmälzle: Sebastijan Pregelj: Under a lucky star. (PDF) In: The book review. SWR 2, December 21, 2015, accessed on September 5, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Insa Wilke: Andrej E. Skubic: How much of you is mine? (PDF) In: Mosaik / Passagen. WDR 3, July 27, 2015, accessed on September 5, 2016 .
  6. ^ Anton Thuswaldner: History can be dangerous. What is true, what is made up? The Rauris Literature Days show how history can be told with stories. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . April 2, 2016, p. 9 .
  7. ^ Exile in Yugoslavia. 1 & 2 . In: Erwin Köstler, Gabriele Anderl (ed.): Zwischenwelt. Journal of Culture of Exile and Resistance 27 / 1-2 (August 2010); 27/4 (February 2011) . tape 27 . Theodor Kramer Society, Vienna, p. 31-57; 28-67 .
  8. ↑ Exil aus Yugoslavia, 3rd In: Erwin Köstler, Gabriele Anderl (Ed.): Zwischenwelt . No. 28 / 1-1 . Theodor Kramer Society, Vienna June 2011, p. 39-65 .
  9. ↑ Course detail view. In: Uni Graz Online. Retrieved August 11, 2016 .
  10. ^ Austrian state prizes for literary translation. In: kunstkultur.bka.gv.at. Federal Chancellery for Culture and Art, archived from the original on April 28, 2014 ; accessed on September 1, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Lavrinova diploma v roke Erwinu Koestlerju. In: dnevnik.si. December 9, 2010, accessed August 11, 2016 (Slovenian).
  12. ^ Fabjan Hafner Prize 2020. In: Website of the University of Klagenfurt. 2020, accessed April 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Köstler, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian translator of Slovenian literature and freelance literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Trier , Rhineland-Palatinate