Frank Heibert

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Frank Heibert (born November 14, 1960 in Essen ) is a German translator , author and musician .

Life

Frank Heibert was born in Essen in 1960 and now lives in Berlin . After studying Romance languages and German literature in Berlin, Rome and Paris , he founded in Berlin in 1990 along with Thomas Brovot the Zebra Literature Publishing , which he headed until 1995th Heibert works as a project manager and moderator of literary events, holds seminars on translation issues, writes literature reviews and organizes readings of his translations.

Since 1983 he has been translating literature from English, French, Italian and Portuguese.

In addition to plays, he has also translated works by Boris Vian , Alfred Jarry , Marie Darrieussecq , Tony Kushner , Nicky Silver , Don DeLillo , Lorrie Moore , Tristan Egolf , Tobias Wolff , Yasmina Reza and Jorge de Sena into German. In 2012 Heibert received the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Prize for his translations , and in 2016 the Helmut M. Braem Translator Prize .

In 2006 his first novel Kombizangen and the jazz album The Best Thing on Four Feet appeared together with his jazz combo Finkophon Unlimited. In the 2015/2016 winter semester, he held the August Wilhelm von Schlegel visiting professorship at the Free University of Berlin .

He is a member of the PEN Center Germany and the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ.

Prizes and awards

Works (except translations)

Translations (selection)

From the English

Novels and short stories

Raymond Chandler

  • The great sleep. Epilogue Donna Leon . Diogenes, Zurich 2019

William Faulkner , USA:

Tobias Wolff , USA:

  • The heart is a dark forest. Novel. Piper, Heyne TB, 1990; again ad title Das Blaue vom Himmel. Rogner & Bernhard 1997; rororo TB (Original 1989)
  • The barracks thief and other stories. Piper, 1992; Heyne TB (originals 1983, 1984, 1990)
  • In the Pharaoh's army. Novel. Rogner & Bernhard, 1996 (original 1994)
  • with Ulrich Blumenbach : The decisive night. Stories, Rogner & Bernhard, 1998 (original 1996)
  • My mother's revenge. Short story, anthology "How time flies", Piper, 2000
  • Old school. Novel. Berlin Verlag, 2005 (original 2003)
  • Our story begins. Stories. Berlin Verlag, 2011 ISBN 978-3-8270-0852-7 (original 2008)
  • The barracks thief. Novella. Kampa, Zurich 2019 (The Baracks Thief)

Jim Grimsley , USA:

  • Winter birds. Novel. zebra / Edition diá, 1992 (translation together with Thomas Brovot, original 1984/1994)
  • Life between the stars. Novel. zebra / Edition diá, 1993, Fischer-TB (original 1993)
  • Dream boy. Novel. Fischer-TB, 1997 (original 1995)
  • Ellen's story. Novel. Fischer-TB, 2000 (original 1997)

Don DeLillo , USA:

Elena Lappin , England:

  • Strange brides. Stories. K & W, 1999 (original 1999)
  • Natasha's nose. Novel. K & W, 2001 (original 2000)

Tristan Egolf , USA:

  • Monument to John Kaltenbrunner. Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​2000 (original 1998)
  • Me & Louise. Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​2003
  • Kornwolf. (Original title), Roman, Suhrkamp, ​​2007 (original 2006)

George Saunders , USA:

  • Pastorals. Stories. Berlin Verlag, 2002 (Original 2000)
  • The Terribly Stubborn Gapper by Frip , children's book. Bloomsbury, Berlin 2004; as a radio play 2006
  • December 10th. Stories. (Tenth of December) Luchterhand, Munich 2014
  • Lincoln in the Bardo , novel. Luchterhand, 2018 (original 2017)
  • Fuchs 8. (Fox 8: A Story) Luchterhand, Munich 2019

Mark Twain , USA:

Amos Oz , Israel:

  • The sea alone. Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​2002. (Original Hebrew 1999, English translation by Nicholas de Lange. Chatto & Windus, 2001)

Richard Ford , USA:

Gary Shteyngart :

  • with Christiane Buchner: Handbook for the Russian debutante. Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag, Berlin 2005 (The Russian debutante's handbook)
Plays

Tony Kushner , USA (Hunzinger, S. Fischer):

  • Angels in America, Part I: The millennium is approaching. 1992, also in Theater heute 1, 1993 and Spectaculum / Suhrkamp
  • Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika. 1994
  • Slavs! 1994, also in Spectaculum / Suhrkamp, ​​1995
  • The dibbuk. after An-Ski. 1995
  • The illusion. after Corneille, 1996/97
  • Homebody / Kabul. 2002 (now all pieces by S. Fischer)

Don DeLillo , USA (S. Fischer):

  • The day room. 1995
  • Valparaiso. Theater heute , 10, 1999 and as a book by K & W, 2000
  • God of dreams. K & W 2007 ISBN 978-3-462-03921-4 (Original "Love- Lies- Bleeding. A Play" 2005)

Neil LaBute , USA (Rowohlt):

  • Bash! 2000
  • Classification - excursion - land of the dead. (Three short pieces) 2002
  • Day's grace. 2003
  • Far from here. 2003
  • Highway. 2004
  • Fat pig. 2005

George F. Walker, Canada (Pegasus):

  • For adults only. 2002
  • Problem child. 2002
  • Genius and crime. 2002
  • Loretta! 2002
  • The end of civilization. 2002
  • Risk. 2002
  • Heaven. 2002
  • Tough. 2003

From the French

Novels and short stories

Boris Vian :

  • Lazy times. Stories, trans. together with Klaus Völker, among others, Zweiausendeins, 1983 (orig. 1944–1950), Wagenbach-TB
  • Love is blind Stories, trans. together with Klaus Völker, among others, Zweiausendeins, 1983 (orig. 1944–1950), Wagenbach-TB
  • The Commissioner and the Green Panther. Writings, trans. together with Klaus Völker, among others, Zweiausendeins, 1984
  • Each his own snake. Songs, libretti and glosses, trans. together with Klaus Völker, among others, Zweiausendeins, 1985
  • I don't want to die. Poems, songs and texts, trans. together with Klaus Völker, among others, Zweiausendeins, 1985
  • The spray of the days . Wagenbach-Verlag, Berlin 2017

JMG Le Clézio :

  • Time does not pass. Narrative, for anthology love stories. Wagenbach 1996 (orig. 1987)

Marie Darrieussecq:

  • Mess. Novel. Hanser, 1997 (original 1996)
  • See ghosts. Novel. Hanser, 1999 (original 1998), trans. together with Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel
  • Over the waves. Essay. Hanser, 1999 (Akzente), trans. together with Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel
  • Trip to Tokyo. Essay. Anthology "How Time Flies", Piper, 2000
  • Le Mal de mer (original title), novel. Hanser, 2004 (original 1999)
  • The baby. Novel. Hanser, 2004 (original 2002)
  • Our life in the woods. Novel. Secession, Zurich 2019 (Notre vie dans les forêts)
  • with Patricia Klobusiczky : It's wonderful to be here. The life of Paula Modersohn-Becker . Secession, Zurich 2019

Yasmina Reza :

  • with Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel : Adam Haberberg. Novel. Hanser, Munich 2004
  • Babylon. Novel. Hanser, 2017 (Babylone)

Raymond Queneau

  • Zazie in the metro . Novel. New translation, complete for the first time. Suhrkamp, ​​2019
  • Neuübers., With Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel : Style exercises. (Exercises de style; compared to the German first edition.) Suhrkamp, ​​2016
Plays

Philippe Minyana , France (Nyssen & Bansemer):

  • The Warriors. 1989
  • Inventory. 1989
  • Six cells. 1989

Pabé Mongo , Cameroon (WDR):

  • A professional job. Radio play, 1994

Yasmina Reza:

  • with Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel: A Spanish piece. Desch, 2004
  • with Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel: In Arthur Schopenhauer's sleigh. 2005, as Roman Hanser 2006
  • The god of slaughter. 2006

From the Italian

Novels and short stories

Aldo Busi :

  • Manual for the perfect gentleman. Novel. magnus book 1994 (original 1992)

From the Portuguese

Novels and short stories

Sérgio Sant'Anna , Brazil:

  • Amazon. Novel. zebra / Edition diá, 1992, Fischer-TB (Original 1986)
  • The cosmic egg. Stories. Suhrkamp, ​​1994 (original 1991)
  • Lonely man on a train station. Narrative. S. Fischer, 1994

Jorge de Sena , Portugal:

  • Fire sign. Novel. Suhrkamp 1997 (Original 1979)

From the Spanish

Plays

Jaime Salom , Spain (Desch):

  • The plot. 1998

Jazz albums

  • Frank Heibert & Finkophon Unlimited - The Best Thing on Four Feet, Laika Records 2006

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Example, Montréal 2019
  2. ↑ z. B. in the Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster Kempen via Lincoln im Bardo , 2019
  3. ↑ Gesine Schröder: "Let's get loud!" Heibert's inaugural lecture, in Translate , Zeitschrift des VdÜ, 1, 2016, p. 1 Schröder
personal data
SURNAME Heibert, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German translator, author and musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH eat