Gustav Kucz
Gustav Kucz (* 2. August 1901 in Zory , Silesia ; † 29. September 1963 in Berlin ) was an archivist and interpreters and hymn translators .
Born in Silesia and raised in a musical family, Gustav Kucz settled in Berlin in 1948 . In 1952 he married Christa Ochmann from Katowice . He had already learned Polish in his home country, and after studying medicine for a few semesters, he broke off this training and devoted himself entirely to foreign languages. After all, he spoke eight languages and worked as an archivist and sworn interpreter a. a. at the British diplomatic mission in Berlin. He died in Berlin-Schöneberg .
In 1954, Kucz was commissioned by the Berlin publisher Adolf Strube to translate the song Gdy się Chrystus rodzi, popular in Poland , for the publication of European Christmas carols . With the German text As the world lost , this song was then included in the main part of the German Evangelical Hymn book (No. 53) in 1993 .
See also
literature
- Wolfgang Herbst (Ed.): Who is who in the hymnal? Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-50323-7 , p. 188 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kucz, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German archivist, interpreter and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sohrau , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1963 |
| Place of death | Berlin |