Gunhild Kübler

Gunhild Kübler (* 1944 in Karlsruhe ) is a German literary scholar , literary critic , author and journalist .

Life

Kübler studied German and English in Heidelberg , Berlin and Zurich .

Kübler was, among other things, a literary critic for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and editor of the Swiss weekly newspaper Die Weltwoche . Currently (as of 2018) she writes for the NZZ am Sonntag . Your columns for the NZZ am Sonntag were published in 2008 in book form under the title Still wishes? .

As editor , Kübler was responsible for several publications on the correspondence between the multiple literary role model Elise Egloff and Jacob Henle and his family.

From 1990 to 2006 Kübler was also part of the pool of critics for the Swiss television program Literaturclub , which discusses new publications and current reprints of books once a month.

Kübler's literary interest was mainly in the literary works of women writers in the English and American-speaking countries, in particular the work of Emily Dickinson . In terms of literary theory, Kübler dealt in her reviews and publications with topics of female writing, with gender studies and the relationship between writing and literary translation .

In 2008 she was awarded the Paul Scheerbart Prize for her transmission of Emily Dickinson's poems .

With Verena Auffermann , Ursula März and Elke Schmitter , Kübler published the literary anthology passionate in 2009 . 99 women authors of world literature . In short literary essays, Kübler portrays 22 women writers from world literature , classifies their work in terms of literary history and draws connecting lines between different national literature. Kübler writes about Emily Dickinson , Toni Morrison , Sei Shonagon , Irmtraud Morgner and Astrid Lindgren, among others .

Kübler is married to the physicist Olaf Kübler (* 1944), who was President of the ETH Zurich from 1997 to 2005 , and lives near Zurich .

Book publications (selection)

• At home and next to it. Where writers are at home . dtv, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-423204-44-6
• Emily Dickinson. Poems . Hanser, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-446207-82-0
• Any other wishes? Columns . Dörlemann 2008, ISBN 978-3-908777-43-4
• Passions. 99 women authors of world literature . Bertelsmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-01048-8
• Emily Dickinson. All the poems . Hanser, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-446-24730-7

Web links

• Literature by and about Gunhild Kübler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Gunhild Kübler at perlentaucher.de
• Emily Dickinson «Vesuvius does not speak» Review by Eva Pfister in WOZ from January 11, 2007