Hans-Henning Paetzke

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Hans-Henning Paetzke (born September 1, 1943 in Leipzig ) is a German writer and translator of Hungarian literature. For his first novel he used the pseudonym Maria Piontek .

Life

In 1960, Hans-Henning Paetzke was expelled from all grammar schools in the GDR for denigrating the head of state of the GDR . This was followed by: 1960–63 training as an actor, 1963 dismissal without notice by the Staatliche Dorftheater Prenzlau for violating citizenship obligations, 1963–64 serving a prison sentence for refusal to do military service , which he had to serve in the Schwarze Pumpe labor camp and in the Cottbus prison , 1967 high school diploma, 1967– 1976 studied classical philology, German literature and psychology in Halle / S., Budapest and Frankfurt / M., 1968 emigration to Hungary, 1973 to Frankfurt / M., 1981–85 persona non grata in the GDR, 1985–88 persona non grata in Hungary, 1994 return to Budapest.

Since 1968 Paetzke has worked as a freelance literary translator, editor, publicist and writer. In addition to around 70 book translations by internationally known Hungarian authors - u. a. several titles by György Konrád and Péter Esterházy - he has also published four of his own novels for renowned publishers such as Suhrkamp . His first under the pseudonym Maria Piontek saw several editions.

Hans-Henning Paetzke is a member of the Hungarian Association of Schoengeist Authors ( Szépírók Társasága ), the parallel organization to the Hungarian Writers' Association, from which well-known authors have resigned due to anti-Semitic tendencies.

Quote about Paetzke

"He lent his language to fictional and actual fates (from Miklós Mészöly to Béla Szász , from János Pilinszky to György Petri and Géza Szőcs , from Péter Esterházy to György Konrád , etc.) that he was able to immerse himself in those extraordinary careers with particularly deep empathy, that can be attributed to his own highly changeable curriculum vitae. "

- György Dalos

Awards

  • 1993 Milán Füst Translator Award, Budapest
  • 1996 Tibor Déry Translator Award, Budapest
  • 1993 Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna
  • 1994 Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf
  • 1994–1995 Collegium Budapest, Budapest
  • 1999 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság tiszti keresztje)
  • 2008 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon

Bibliography (selection)

prose

Novels

Paperback edition: Heyne, Munich 1992 (5th edition 1994), ISBN 978-3-453-05226-0 .
Translation: Kinda Gabriella: Idegen test - Ifjuságom Kelet-Németországban . Alexandra Verlag, Pécs 2004, ISBN 978-963-367-530-4 .
New edition as self-publication : Blendwerk - Die loosened tongue . Edition Pernobilis, Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-86901-085-4 .
  • Fancy work - tempter and attempted . Novel. Self publication. Edition Pernobilis, Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-86703-727-3 .
Translation: Ferenc Szijj: Szemfényvesztők - német szerző magyar történetei. Kalligram, Pressburg-Budapest 2012, ISBN 978-80-8101-623-3 .
  • Blinding work - cracks in the soul . Novel. Self publication. Edition Pernobilis, Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-86268-219-5 .

Editorships

Non-fiction

Anthology articles

  • Hungarian cultural policy between prohibition and tolerance . Essay, in: Jahresring 85-86, DVA , Stuttgart 1985.
  • Degenerate into hope - On the poetry of the Hungarian poet György Petri . Essay, in: György Petri, Verkommen to Hope, Suhrkamp , Frankfurt / M. 1986.
  • Where did the holidays go? Essay, in: András Hegedüs , In the shadow of an idea, Ammann , Zurich 1986.
  • Memory Splinters - From the Life of a Poet . Essay. Akzente , issue 6, December 2009.

Translations

  • Zsófia Balla : Beautiful, sad country . Poems. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1998.
  • István Bibó : The German Hysteria - Causes and History . Essay. Insel, Frankfurt / M. 1991.
  • Zoltán Böszörményi :
  • István Eörsi : The compromise. The interrogation . Dramas. Publishing house of the authors, Frankfurt / M. 1984.
  • Péter Esterházy :
    • Ágnes . Novel. Literary Colloquium, Berlin 1982.
    • The auxiliary verbs of the heart . Novel. Residence , Salzburg 1985.
    • The rose . Essay, in: My Body. Literary almanac. Residence, Salzburg 1985.
    • Porter Traktatus . Essay, in: Praise of Laziness. Literary almanac. Residence, Salzburg 1986.
    • Who is responsible for the lady's safety? Novel. Residence, Salzburg 1986.
    • The literary almanac dreamer . Essay, in: dreams. Literary almanac. Residence, Salzburg 1987.
  • Josef von Ferenczy : Dialogue. My way to people . Essay. Edition Ferenczy, Munich 2000.
  • Éva Forgács : Bauhaus . Essay. New Critique Publishing House, Frankfurt / M. 1998.
  • András Hegedüs : In the shadow of an idea . A survey by Zoltán Zsille about a Stalinist coming to terms with the past. Ammann, Zurich 1986.
  • Ágnes Heller : The man of the Renaissance . Essay. Hohenheim, Cologne-Lövenich 1982; New edition: Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1987.
  • György Konrád :
    • The accomplice . Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1980.
    • Anti-politics . Essay. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1985.
    • Ghost Festival . Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1986.
    • Mood report . Essay. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1988.
    • Melinda and Dragoman . Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1991.
    • The melancholy of rebirth . Essay. edition suhrkamp , Frankfurt / M. 1992.
    • Identity and hysteria . Essay. edition suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1995.
    • Homecoming . Narrative. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1995.
    • Stone clock . Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1996.
    • At the gates of the empire . Essay. edition suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1997.
    • The invisible voice . Essay. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1998.
    • Estate . Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1999.
    • The third look . Essay. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 2001.
    • Happiness (Elutazás és hazatérés). Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 2003.
    • Solar eclipse on the mountain . Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 2005.
    • The book of Kalligaro . Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 2007.
    • About Jews . Essays. Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-633-54260-4 .
  • György Konrád, Iván Szelényi : Intelligence on the way to class power . Essay. Suhrkamp , Frankfurt / M. 1978.
  • József Lengyel : Comparison . Novel. New Critique Publishing House, Frankfurt / M. 1990.
  • Georg Lukács : Lived thinking . Essay and interview. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1981.
  • Iván Mándy : Lonely and Lost . Stories. Gabriele Schäfer Verlag, Herne 2003, ISBN 978-3-933-33731-3 .
  • László Márton : The true story of Jacob Wunschwitz . Novel. Paul Zsolnay , Vienna 1999.
  • Miklós Mészöly : Saul . Novel. St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1970.
  • Péter Nádas : End of a family novel . Novel. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1979.
  • György Petri :
    • Degenerate into hope . Poems. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1986.
    • Beautiful and relentless mummery . Poems. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1989.
    • The weighing is over, the gradations are over . Poems. Ammann , Zurich 1995.
  • János Pilinszky : Silently against annihilation . Poems. Ammann, Zurich 1989.
  • Magda Szabó :
    • An old fashioned story . Novel. People and World, Berlin 1987.
    • Behind the door . Novel. Insel, Frankfurt / M. 1992; Paperback edition: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, Frankfurt / M. 1999, ISBN 978-3-518-46289-8 .
  • Géza Szőcs :
    • The siren . Opera libretto (music: György Selmeczi), 1998.
    • Laugh as you understand it . Poems. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt , Frankfurt / M. 1999.
    • Indian words on the radio . Poems and other texts. Three Ravens, Budapest 2009.
  • Dezső Tandori : Long coffin in a nutshell . Essay novel. Amman, Zurich 1997.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the author's homepage: György Dalos on Paetzke's novel
personal data
SURNAME Paetzke, Hans-Henning
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German translator and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig