Hans Skirecki

Hans Skirecki (born April 18, 1935 in Siegersdorf / Lower Silesia , † April 4, 2016 in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg ) was a German writer and literary translator .

Life

Skirecki was the author of short stories and the translator of numerous literary works and non-fiction books from Hungarian . He lived in Berlin . He had a close working relationship with Paul Kárpáti (1933–2017), with whom he developed and published two language and conversation books on the Hungarian language in the 1960s.

Skirecki was a member of the GDR Writers' Association ; since 1990 he has been a member of the Association of German Writers and since 1993 of the PEN Center Germany . In 1998 he received the Hungarian plaque of honor " Pro Cultura Hungarica ".

His grave is in the Georgen-Parochial-Friedhof I am Prenzlauer Berg.

Works

• We learn to speak Hungarian , Leipzig 1964 (together with Paul Kárpáti)
• German-Hungarian conversation book , Leipzig 1968 (together with Paul Kárpáti)
• A lion was in the park , Berlin 1973
• Old man's summer and other stories , Berlin 1976
• Why is grandma hanging on the kitchen window , Berlin 1977
• Holidays, with fishing and other stories , Berlin 1981
• Ice flowers and other stories , Berlin 1985
• Owl Almanac of Dream Interpretation , Berlin 1987

Radio plays

• 1976: Behind Wittenberge - Director: Barbara Plensat (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )

Editing

• The determined lion , Berlin 1976
• The divided director , Berlin 1977

Translations

• László András : The Laurentis Case , Berlin 1981
• László András: Death on the Danube Bank , Berlin 1978
• László András: The Dead Camel , Berlin 1985
• Andor Bajor : The bull by the horns , Berlin 1978
• József Balázs : Happiness in France's fields , Zurich 1980
• József Balázs: A thousand years like a day , Berlin [u. a.] 1980
• Attila Bartis : The Walk , Frankfurt am Main 1999
• András Berkesi : The mermaid on the signet ring , Berlin 1973
• Bulcsu Bertha : The Kangaroo , Berlin 1978
• Before man came , Leipzig [u. a.] 1968 (translated together with Karl-Heinz Jügelt)
• Ádám Bodor : The Archbishop's Visit , Zurich 1999
• Ádám Bodor: Sinistra Protected Area , Zurich 1994
• Géza Csáth : Matricide , Berlin 1989
• Géza Csáth: Diary 1912–1913 , Berlin 1990
• Zoltán Csernai : Ballad of the Flood , Berlin 1973
• Zoltán Csernai: Secret on the Roof of the World , Berlin 1970
• Mariann Csernus : Who were you, my daughter? , Berlin 1996
• István Csurka : Who counts on Fortuna , Berlin 1982
• Tibor Déry : Fictitious report on an American pop festival , Berlin 1974
• Tibor Déry: A fine old man , Berlin 1988
• Tibor Déry: Happy funeral , Berlin 1995
• Tibor Déry: No judgment , Berlin 1983
• Outside the lamb, inside the wolf , Berlin 1985
• István Eörsi : At Phalaris , Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
• István Eörsi: Remembering the good old days , Reinbek near Hamburg 1991
• István Eörsi: Rehearse Job , Frankfurt am Main 1996
• István Eörsi: I caught a fly at the Minister , Klagenfurt [u. a.] 1991
• István Eörsi: The victim. The statesman and his shadow , Klagenfurt [u. a.] 1993 (translated together with Ursula Grützmacher-Tabori)
• István Eörsi: Days with Gombrowicz , Leipzig 1997
• István Eörsi: The interrogation. Jolán and the Men , Frankfurt am Main 1984 (translated together with Hans-Henning Paetzke)
• Die Erde , Leipzig [u. a.] 1965
• János Erdődy : Under the rainbow flag , Berlin 1976
• Péter Esterházy : Danube down , Salzburg [u. a.] 1992
• Péter Esterházy: Improved Edition , Berlin 2003
• Judit Fenákel : Das Kellerrestaurant , Berlin 1982
• F. László Földényi : Abyss of the Soul , Munich 1994
• László F. Földényi: Caspar David Friedrich , Munich 1993
• László F. Földényi: Dostoevsky reads Hegel in Siberia and bursts into tears , Berlin 2008
• László F. Földényi: A photo from Berlin , Munich 1996
• László F. Földényi: Living with the incomprehensible , Berlin 2000 (translated together with Akos Doma )
• Andor Fóti : The guests from Lodge two , Berlin 1979
• Margit Gáspár : Stepchild of the Muses , Berlin 1969
• Emil Gelenczei : Play against grandmasters! , Berlin 1974
• Emil Gelenczei: 200 opening traps , Berlin 1964
• Emil Gelenczei: 200 new opening traps , Berlin 1973
• Andor Endre Gelléri : Wizard help! , Berlin 1979
• Ágnes Gergely : The interpreter , Berlin 1983
• Ágnes Gergely: The Unprotected , Berlin 2002
• Nándor Gion : The Soldier with the Flower , Berlin 1993
• Endre Gömöri : The truth about Trebitsch , Berlin 1988
• Béla Hamvas : Philosophy of Wine , Berlin 1994
• György Hargitay : Goalkeeper Training , Berlin 1980
• Géza Hegedüs : The Armored Saints , Budapest 1969
• Jenö Heltai : House of Dreams , Berlin [u. a.] 1975
• Mihály Hoppál : Shamans and Shamanism , Augsburg 1994
• Béla Horgas : Among children , Leipzig [u. a.] 1981
• Tibor Hortobágyi : Bergland-Fantasy , Budapest 1989
• A beautiful country lies hidden in us , Berlin 1993 (translated together with Wolfgang Rackebrandt)
• Mór Jókai : To the North Pole , Berlin 1989
• Frigyes Karinthy : The New Journeys of Lemuel Gulliver , Berlin 1983
• Frigyes Karinthy: The Journey to Faremido. Capillaria , Budapest 1999
• Frigyes Karinthy: Journey around my skull , Berlin 1985
• Béla Kéki : 5000 years of writing , Leipzig [u. a.] 1976
• Ákos Kertész : Hatred has its price , Berlin 1995
• Ákos Kertész: Who dares wins , Berlin [u. a.] 1981 (translated together with Jörg Buschmann)
• Imre Kertész : A story , Salzburg [u. a.] 1994 (translated together with Kristin Schwamm)
• Károly Klimó : Pictures and Drawings , Munich 1996 (translated together with Hannelore Schmör-Weichenhain)
• Éva Körner : Hungarian art between the two world wars , Dresden 1974
• Vilmos Kondor : The quiet death , Munich 2010
• Dezső Kosztolányi : The golden dragon , Berlin 1999
• László Krasznahorkai : The Prisoner of Urga , Zurich 1993
• László Krasznahorkai: Mercy Relationships , Berlin 1988 (translated together with Juliane Brandt)
• László Krasznahorkai: War and War , Zurich 1999
• László Krasznahorkai: Melancholy of Resistance , Zurich 1992
• László Krasznahorkai: Satanstango , Reinbek near Hamburg 1990
• Gyula Krúdy : Schlemmergeschichten , Berlin 1978
• Gyula Krúdy: Serenade from the Pierced Heart , Berlin 1984
• Gyula Krúdy: Dream Book , Budapest 1989
• The Szolnok Artists' Colony , Dresden 1978 (translated together with Johannes Kübler)
• Endre Kukorelly : The Speech and the Rule , Frankfurt am Main 1999
• Art from Hungary , Berlin 1996
• Ernő Kunt : In the face of death , Leipzig [u. a.] 1990
• Gyula Kurucz : The Gospel of Lukács , Berlin 1994
• Annamaria Lammel : How Adam swallowed the apple , Berlin 2003
• Agricultural management , Berlin 1962
• Ervin Lázár : Arnica, the duck princess , Berlin 1988
• Ervin Lázár: Bersian and Meister Schräubchen , Berlin 1983
• Dénes Lengyel : Der Wunderhirsch , Berlin 1986
• Luise Lévay : Playful children's gymnastics , Berlin 1961
• Iván Mándy : Arnold, the whale catcher , Berlin 1982
• Iván Mándy: Cinema of the old days. What's up, dude? , Berlin 1975
• Iván Mándy: Stummel and the gray horse , Berlin 1986
• Sándor Márai : Confessions of a Citizen , Chemnitz
  • 1 (1990)
  • 2 (2000)
• Sándor Márai: Land, Land! , Berlin
  • 1 (2000)
  • 2 (2000)
• Sándor Márai: Diaries , Berlin
  • 1. Excerpts, photos, letters, documentation , 2000
  • 2. 1984-1989 , 2000
  • 3. 1976-1983 , 2001
  • 4. 1968-1975 , 2001
  • 5. 1958-1967 , 2001
  • 6. 1945–1957 , 2001
  • 7. 1943-1944 , 2001
• Miklós Mészöly : Familienflut , Munich 1997
• Miklós Mészöly: High School , Berlin 1981
• Katalin Mezey : Stories , Budapest 1991
• György Moldova : Under the gas lanterns , Berlin 1971
• György Moldova: Forty Preachers , Berlin 1977
• Zsigmond Móricz : The Silver King's Pipe. Täppischer Jankó , Budapest 1992
• Miklós Munkácsi : Challenge , Berlin 1986
• Lajos Nagy (writer) : The student , Berlin [u. a.] 1973
• István Nemere : At the border of darkness , Berlin 1985
• István Nemeskürty : Outline of the Cultural History of Hungary , Budapest 1994
• Mihály Nemessúri : Functional Sports Anatomy , Berlin 1963
• Szilveszter Ördögh : No Peace for Lázár , Berlin 1986
• János Pálfai : Modern football training , Berlin 1964 (translated together with Alexander Tinschmidt)
• József Pálfy : NATO, Alliance without a Future , Berlin 1972
• Károly Pap : Azarel , Munich 2004
• Miklós Radnóti : Month of Twins , Enger / East Westphalia 1993
• Miklós Radnóti: Spring flies with loose hair , Enger / Ostwestfalen 1993 (translated together with Franz Fühmann )
• Sándor Radó : Dora reports , Berlin 1974
• Rockets, stars, recipes , Berlin 1980
• Paul Salamon : The School of Dreams , Berlin 1995
• Paul Salamon: The Fortune Teller , Berlin 1999
• György Schwajda : The Holy Family , Berlin 1984
• György Schwajda: The Young Man's Mother , Berlin 1988
• Barna Sipkay : And life on your neck , Berlin 1976
• György Spiró : Hühnerköppe , Berlin 1988
• György Spiró: Ein Tartüff , Berlin 1985
• Jenő R. Szabó : The Workshop of the World , Berlin 1978
• Károly Szakonyi : transmission interference , Berlin 1973
• Katalin Szécsi : Animal Hide and Seek , Budapest 1974
• Sándor Tar : A beer for my horse , Berlin 1999
• Gábor Thurzó : No cloth over the mirror , Berlin 1979
• Sándor Somogyi Tóth : Some are born twice , Berlin 1977
• Arvo Valton : Zugluft , Berlin 1983 (translated together with Alexander Baer)
• Zsuzsa Vathy : We look at the beautiful , Berlin 1999
• Endre Vészi : Lost Faces , Berlin [u. a.] 1982
• Paths to Paris and Berlin , Berlin 1995 (translated together with Anikó Vinzelberg)
• Imre Wirth : Stories from the Eskimo War , Berlin 1996
• Ferenc Zágoni : Regatta Fever , Berlin 1974
• Miklós Zalka : The Siege , Berlin 1984
• Contemporary art from Hungary , Munich 1999

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Skirecki in the catalog of the German National Library .