Hartmut Koehler
Hartmut Köhler (born July 4, 1940 in Kleinmachnow ; † December 9, 2012 in Trier) was a German Romance studies and translator .
life and work
Köhler grew up in Berlin, Fürth and Nuremberg. He received his doctorate in 1975 from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen with the thesis Paul Valéry. Poetry and Knowledge. The lyrical work in the light of the diaries , Bonn 1976, completed his habilitation in 1989 as a student of Hans-Martin Gauger at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and taught from 1994 to 2005 at the University of Trier as a professor of Romance philology in the field of literary studies.
Köhler emerged as a new translator of French, Italian and Spanish classical poetry. In 1990 he received the Paul Celan Prize for translations for the translation team of Paul Valéry's Cahiers and in 2008 the Johann Friedrich von Cotta Prize for Literature and Translation from the City of Stuttgart . The Divine Comedy he translated again and received posthumously the 2013 German-Italian translation prize .
Other works (selection)
- But what remains ... after translating? Lausanne 1994
- Basic course in literary studies: French . Stuttgart 1998
- (Ed.) French poems of the 19th and 20th centuries. Interpretations . Stuttgart 2001
- (as translator) Baltasar Gracián , Das Kritikon , Zurich 2001
- (Ed. With Walter Regel) "Highly praised, almost forgotten, seen again ..." The Italian painter and poet Salvator Rosa . Re-evaluation studies . Wuerzburg 2007
- (as translator) Dante , La commedia , 3 vols., Stuttgart 2010–2012
Web links
- Literature by and about Hartmut Köhler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Hartmut Köhler in the German Digital Library
- Literature by and about Hartmut Köhler in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- GND 124889395
- Gauger
- Obituary, with picture
- University of Trier , "Academic funeral service" on February 2, 2013, with obituary and picture
Individual evidence
- ^ In French: Paul Valéry. Poésie et connaissance. L'œuvre lyrique à la lumière des "Cahiers", Paris 1985
- ↑ German-Italian translator award to Hartmut Köhler: "Impressive Gelehrsamkeit" , Börsenblatt , February 12, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koehler, Hartmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romance studies and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kleinmachnow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 2012 |
| Place of death | trier |