Franz Peter Künzel

Franz Peter Künzel (born March 31, 1925 in Königgrätz ) is a German translator of Czech and Slovak literature , editor and editor .

Life

After initially studying in the Czech Republic, he attended the German-language secondary school in Reichenberg . From 1943 to 1945 he did military service and was then a British prisoner of war . In 1959 he passed the state examination as a translator and interpreter of the Czech language in the field of humanities in Munich . From 1954 to 1964 he was the editor-in-chief of the publishing house and then worked as a freelance literary translator and interpreter of Czech and Slovak literature as well as cultural and political developments in the press, radio and television. From 1985 to 2014 he was editor-in-chief of the European cultural magazine Sudetenland .

Memberships exist or existed in writers' associations (Internationaler PEN, Künstlergilde e.V., Adalbert Stifter Association and Sudeten German Academy of Sciences and Arts) and literature juries ( Andreas Gryphius Prize , Georg Dehio Prize , Nikolaus Lenau Price and others).

Prices

His literary work has received many national and international recognition:

• 1966 Medal of Merit of the Czechoslovak Society for International Relations
• 1968 Petr Bezruc plaque from UNESCO / ČSSR and translation award from the Czechoslovakian Writers' Union
• 1988 Viteslav Nezval translator award
• 1994 silver pen Bavarian radio and pro arte medal from the Esslingen artists' guild
• 1995 Art Prize for German-Czech Understanding
• 1996 Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1998 Great Sudeten German Culture Prize
• 2000 Liebieg Medal from the Reichenberg home district in Augsburg

Translations into German

• Marie Majerová : Vom Hähnchen und Hühnchen , children's book 1956;
• Josef Sekera : Dance on the Waag. A gypsy novel , 1956;
• František Kubka : Glück im Sturm , novel 1957;
• Josef Toman : Don Juan , novel 1958;
• Josef Veromír Pleva : The story of little Bobesch , children's book 1959;
• Bohumil Hrabal : dance lessons for adults and advanced ; Narrative 1965;
• Josef Nesvadba : Van Linh or The discovery of wishes fulfilled , story 1966;
• Miroslav Holub : Although ... poems 1969;
• Václav Havel : The Beggar Opera , Drama 1969;
• Vladislav Vančura : The End of the Old Times , novel 1972;
• Milan Kundera : Life is Elsewhere , novel 1974;
• Julius Fučík : Report, written under the head , Report 1976;
• Jaroslav Seifert : The umbrella from Piccadilly / The plague column , poems 1985;
• Ludvík Vaculík : Oh, donor , story 1991;
• Petr Pavlík : Dar - The dog from Siberia , story 1994.

literature

• Franz Peter Künzel. Triple servant of literature as translator, editor and editor . Edited by Manfred Jähnichen, Diether Krywalski and Reinfried Vogler. Helmut Preußler Verlag, Nuremberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-934679-36-8 .