Günter Dietz

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Günter Dietz (born April 13, 1930 in Karlsruhe ; † May 13, 2017 in Heidelberg ) was a German classical philologist , poet and translator from modern Greek .

Life

Günter Dietz studied classical philology , German literature and philosophy at the University of Freiburg from 1949 to 1954 . He was followed by a dissertation to Sallust ascribed letters to Caesar at Karl Buchner doctorate . From 1958 to 1964 he taught at the German School in Athens . There he met the Greek poet and Nobel laureate Odysseas Elytis and translated his main work To Axion Esti ( Το Άξιον Εστί ) into German. After his return to Germany he taught at the Bismarck-Gymnasium in his native Karlsruhe. From 1972 to 1993 he was headmaster at the Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Heidelberg .

In addition to translations of modern Greek poets, Dietz has also published his own poetry since 1953 . His first poems appeared in the anthology of religious poetry Das dunkle Du . There were also numerous lectures and essays on classical philology .

Honors

In December 2005 Dietz was awarded the German-Greek Translation Prize, donated by the Goethe Institute Athens and the National Book Center in cooperation with the Literaturhaus München .

Fonts (selection)

Poetry

  • Red and black into the night. Poems. Martin Verlag, Buxheim / Iller, 1958.
  • Scholia. Poems. Bläschke, Darmstadt 1968 (series The latest poem, vol. 34).
  • Wound psalms. Selected poems. Ivory, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-932245-78-4 .

Writings on Classical Philology

  • with Karlheinz Hilbert: Phaethon and Narcissus with Ovid . Kerle, Heidelberg 1970.
  • Plato's Symposium. Symbol references and understanding of symbols . In: Symbolon. Jahrbuch für Symbolforschung , NF, Vol. 4 (1978), pp. 49-76.
  • The way of Odysseus - symbol references in Homer's Odyssey . In: Symbolon. Jahrbuch für Symbolforschung , NF, Vol. 9 (1988), pp. 73-106.
  • Oceanus and Proteus, Poseidon and Scamander. Glacial stream, sea and river near Homer . In: Symbolon. Jahrbuch für Symbolforschung , NF, Vol. 13 (1997), pp. 35-58.
  • Human dignity with Homer. Lectures and essays. Winter, Heidelberg 2000 (= Library of Classical Classical Studies , NF, 2nd series, Vol. 108), ISBN 3-8253-1051-5 .
  • Europe and the bull. An ancient myth for Europe? Sonnenberg, Annweiler 2003 (= cultural history series, vol. 4), ISBN 3-933264-29-4 .
  • with Hermes Andreas Kick: Borderline situations and a new ethos. From Homer's worldview to the modern image of man. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5121-1 .

Translations from modern Greek

  • Odysseas Elytis : Seven nocturnal seven-liners. Greek – German. Transferred by Günter Dietz. Bläschke, Darmstadt 1966. That. (with Orion ). Bilingual edition. Transferred by Günter Dietz. 2nd edition, Bläschke, St. Michael 1981.
  • Jannis Ritsos : Testimony . Greek – German. Translation and epilogue by Günter Dietz. Heiderhoff, Frankfurt am Main 1968. That. (extended). Translation and afterwords by Günter Dietz. 2nd Edition. Heiderhoff, Waldbrunn 1982.
  • Giorgos Seferis : Sixteen haikus . Greek – German. Translation and epilogue by Günter Dietz. Heiderhoff, Frankfurt am Main 1968. That. (with Stratis the sailor ). Translation and afterwords by Günter Dietz. 2nd edition, Heiderhoff, Waldbrunn 1983.
  • Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex : Shadows have no pain. Novel. Translated into German and afterword by Günter Dietz. Claassen, Hamburg 1968.
  • Odysseas Elytis: To Axion Esti - Praise be . Transmission and afterword by Günter Dietz. Claassen, Hamburg 1969. Dass., Bilingual edition. Translated from the Greek and provided with afterwords. Revised and edited by Günter Dietz. 4th edition, Elfenbein, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-932245-36-7 .
  • Odysseas Elytis: The dreams. Words - people - places . With an essay by Ioulita Iliopoulou. From the Greek and with an afterword by Günter Dietz. Ivory, Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-932245-58-9 .
  • Jannis Ritsos: Martyries - testimony. Three series of poems. Greek – German. Translated by Günter Dietz and Andrea Schellinger. Notes and afterword by Günter Dietz. Ivory, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-932245-96-1 .
  • Odysseas Elytis: O Ilios O Iliatoras - The sun, the sun ruler . Translated and appended by Günter Dietz and Maria Mavropoulou. Ivory, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-941184-33-6 .

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Editor: "Precious drops of love and knowledge". In: diablog.eu. June 4, 2017, accessed November 6, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c Michael Alperowitz: In memoriam Dr. Günter Dietz. Word of mourning from the headmaster . In: Kurfürst-Friedrich-Gymnasium (Hrsg.): Annual report . tape 2016-2017 . Heidelberg 2017, p. 128-130 .
  3. ↑ a b c Andrea Schellinger: "Precious drops of love and knowledge". Günter Dietz (1930–2017) in memory . Obituary on diablog.eu - German-Greek encounters , June 4, 2017, accessed on June 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Diether Steppuhn: My friend Günter Dietz - an obituary . In: Bismarck-Gymnasium (ed.): Annual report . tape 2016/2017 . Karlsruhe 2017, p. 187-195 .
  5. ^ Dietz, Günter . In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2016/2017. Volume 1: A-O . Walter De Gruyter, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045397-3 , p. 184.
  6. ↑ Art. Günter Dietz in the Authors in Baden-Württemberg portal , accessed on May 18, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Dietz, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and translator
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 2017
Place of death Heidelberg