Helmuth A. Niederle

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Helmuth A. Niederle (2018)

Helmuth A. Niederle (born November 16, 1949 in Vienna ) is an Austrian writer, translator and editor.

Life

Helmuth A. Niederle studied ethnology, folklore, art history and sociologist at the University of Vienna , was a research assistant at the Austrian Society for Literature from 1974 and from 1994 until the end of 2011 its deputy head and responsible for program coordination, from 2003 university lecturer at the Institute for Ethnology, Culture - and social anthropology at the University of Vienna. In all the years during his professional activity in the literary society, he worked for various print media in various functions, including for "Kurier", "Die Furche", "Wochenpresse" and "Entwicklungspolitische Nachrichten". The area of ​​activity included own journalistic work as well as final editing. Furthermore, articles on fine arts, literature, socio-political issues and discussions about the difficulties have appeared in “Der Standard” and a number of literary and cultural magazines (including “Pannonia”, “Morgen”, “Die Brücke”, “Literature and Criticism”) of intercultural dialogue. Publications on ORF .

As a student and afterwards he had several study visits and field research in Indonesia, the Philippines, India, South Africa, Sierra Leone and Nagaland, among others. Since 1998 he has been the initiator and co-organizer of a series of symposia devoted to the topic of “Literature and Migration”. These thematically linked conferences were jointly carried out by the Institute for Ethnology, Cultural and Social Anthropology of the University of Vienna and the Austrian Society for Literature together with partner organizations corresponding to the topic. The priorities up to now have been dedicated to “Islam”, “Africa”, “South America”, “South Asia” and “South Africa”.

Since the summer semester 2003 he has been a university lecturer at the Institute for Ethnology, Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Vienna. From 2000 to 2013 he was the representative of the Writers in Prison Committee of the Austrian PEN Club and has been President of the Austrian PEN Club since 2011 .

For several years he was the editor of the series “skriptor mundi”, which appeared in the “edition Kappa” (Munich); since 2006 he has been the editor of the "Edition Milo" series published by Verlag Lehner (Vienna) and since 2008 by Drava Verlag (Klagenfurt); as well as publisher of the “hic & hoc” series in plattform Johannes Martinek Verlag; since 2011 development of the "edition pen" series at Löcker Verlag Vienna.

He lives in Streifing in the Weinviertel and in Vienna.

Awards

  • 1974: Sponsorship award from the Theodor Körner Foundation
  • 1983: Working grant from the Vienna community
  • 1985: Lower Austria recognition award for literature
  • 1989/1990: State scholarship for literature
  • 1997 Book Prize of the Republic of Austria
  • 2008 Stella Maris (Reghin) Literature Prize
  • 2017: Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna
  • 2017: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
  • 2018: Memorial Medal for his excellent lifelong literary work (Slovak PEN Center)
  • 2019 International Literary Prize Azem Shkreli

Publications

  • Recreate the world. Connection of literature and ethnology. Shown using selected examples. Dr. phil.-thesis, University of Vienna 2001.
  • Transformations. Prose, Bergland Verlag, Vienna 1974.
  • Departure. Poetry. With bound etchings by Peter Bischof. Edition Maioli, Vienna 1981.
  • Animal life. Portfolio with etchings by Norbert Fleischmann . Edition Modern Art Galerie, Vienna 1981.
  • Lainz . A place to die. Edition Maioli, Vienna 1982.
  • Lies and pastitischi from the conscious land. With a foreword by Peter Marginter . Edition Maioli, Vienna 1983.
  • It was very nice, I was very happy. Emperor Franz Joseph and his subjects. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-215-06072-8 .
  • with Hermann Härtel : The train of the unicorns. Wiener Journal, Edition Atelier, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-7008-0345-1 .
  • the land is on the land. Reports from South Africa and Namibia . Collection of articles, Passagen Verlag, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-900767-45-9 .
  • with Richard Rubinig: Arnulf Neuwirth - chance and idea - watercolors and collages . Radschin Publishing House. Kautzen 1990, ISBN 3-900512-11-6 .
  • Clerk. A fugue and other capritschi. Verlag der Apfel, Vienna 1997.
  • Not to Ithaca. Stories. Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2003, ISBN 3-85129-412-2 .
  • In the hothouse of the night. Ten notturni. Drawings by Hermann Härtel , Vierviertelverlag, Straßhof near Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-902141-06-9 .
  • As i like it. A confabulatorium. Literature edition Lower Austria, St. Pölten 2004.
  • The third half. Stories. Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2004, ISBN 3-85129-486-6 .
  • Erwin Steinhauer . The biography. Molden Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85485-204-9 .
  • with Marianne Gruber : magic of words. Volume 3. "This side of Eden". Stories. Edition Koenigstein. Klosterneuburg 2007.
  • Fritz Muliar : I think of Austria. A balance sheet. Autobiography, recorded by Helmuth A. Niederle, Residenz Verlag, St. Pölten - Salzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7017-3142-8 .
  • Selected poems. Foreword by Christian Teissl , Podium Portrait 47 (edited by Hannes Vyoral), Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-902054-73-9 .
  • Wing cleared. verba in angustiis. Poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85409-691-7 .
  • fuoco amico. Poetic self-fire. Poems. With a foreword by Christian Teissl. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-799-0 .
  • Walkways. Prose poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-848-5 .
  • Building site of futility. Poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-908-6 .
  • Gallery of premonitions. Poems against the color diet. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-964-2 .
editor
  • with Klaus Sandler , Simon Krauss: The other culture. Jungle War or Glass House? edition pult, St. Pölten 1973.
  • Ernst Fischer - A Marxist Aristotle? edition pult, St. Pölten 1980.
  • Material tape Milo Dor . Paul Zsolnay Verlag, Vienna 1988.
  • Café Plem Plem. Fifteen years of cabaret Erwin Steinhauer . Ueberreuter Verlag, Vienna 1989.
  • Vienna. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1997.
  • Berlin. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1998.
  • Prague. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1998.
  • Christmas. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1998.
  • with Marianne Gruber , Manfred Müller: In other eyes. The states of the European Union in Austrian literature. Wieser Verlag (Europa erlesen), Klagenfurt 1998.
  • The stranger in me. Poetry and prose of the Austrian ethnic groups and immigrants. A reader. Hermagoras Verlag, Klagenfurt 1999.
  • Rome. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1999.
  • with Walter Dostal , Karl R. Wernhart : We and the Others - Islam, Literature and Migration. WUV University Press. Vienna 1999.
  • Munich. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1999.
  • The last trip. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1999, ISBN 3-85129-283-9 .
  • Eros. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2000.
  • with Ulrike Davis-Sulikowski and Thomas Fillitz: The Fruits of Time - Africa, Diaspora, Literature and Migration. WUV University Press. Vienna 2001.
  • Spring. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2001.
  • Summer. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2001.
  • Autumn. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2001.
  • Winter. (= Select Europe ). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2001.
  • World literature - literatures of the world. A reader. Austrian Society for Literature. Vienna 2002.
  • with Rina Loader: Southafrica. Literature and Migration. Edition present tense. Vienna 2004.
  • with Elke Mader: The truth goes further than the moon. Europe – Latin America. Literature, Migration and Identity. WUV University Press. Vienna 2004.
  • Time is lost. Doris Mühringer . The collected work. Vierviertelverlag. Straßhof b. Vienna 2005.
  • with Manfred Müller: Michael Guttenbrunner - texts and materials. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2005.
  • Literature and Migration - India. Migrants from South Asia and the Western Context. Lehner publishing house. Vienna 2007.
  • Whoever stays has no arrival. Heinrich Eggerth . The collected lyrical and aphoristic work. Lehner publishing house. Vienna 2006.
  • Im flowing. Ernst David . Collected poems. With an essay by Christian Teissl and an afterword by the editor Helmuth A. Niederle, Lehner Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-901749-61-2 .
  • 'See that you get ahead' . Hermann Jandl. Collected poems 1955-2006. Lehner publishing house. Vienna 2007.
  • Heinz Stangl . Oil paintings. Verlag Galerie Welz. Salzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-85349-293-2 .
  • Franz Schwarzinger : The portrait is… platform Johannes Martinek Verlag. Perchtoldsdorf 2009.
  • Alfred Rossi. Every other side. 46 cubinesques. Platform Johannes Martinek Verlag. Vienna 2009.
  • Overcome the walls of silence. Anthology of Persecuted Authors. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2009.
  • Dream of righteousness. Anthology of Persecuted Authors. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2010.
  • About the freedom of writing. Anthology of Persecuted Authors. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2011.
  • with Jürgen Strasser: Topic: Africa. podium double issue 161/162. November 2011.
  • Sometimes a dream that tastes like salt. Ilse Tielsch . Collected poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2012.
  • Alfred Rossi. Life is a fallen bride. Cubinesques. platform Johannes Martinek Verlag. Perchtoldsdorf 2012.
  • with Philo Ikonya: Time to Say: NO! Austrian PEN-Club / Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2013.
  • (together with Susanne Dobesch-Giese): Hungary. concerns: freedom of art. Austrian PEN Club. Vienna 2013.
  • Taksim Solidarity. Literature in Support of Turkish Protest . Austrian PEN Club Vienna 2013.
  • with Christine Fritsch and Karl Dieter Dessin: Every rise is a fall at the same time . Herbert Eisenreich. The lyric work. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014.
  • with Christine Fritsch and Karl Dieter Dessin: So and different . Herbert Eisenreich. Stories 1950–1964. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014.
  • with Harald Kollegger: 23 + 23 = 1 . platform Johannes Martinek Verlag. Perchtoldsdorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503683-0-7 .
  • Elisabeth Hauer . Selected poems. Foreword and compilation, Podium Portrait Volume 76 (edited by Hannes Vyoral), Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902886-12-5 .
  • with Christine Fritsch and Karl Dieter Dessin: A few decades of eternity . Herbert Eisenreich. Stories 1965–1977. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-713-6 .
  • with Christian Teissl: In the middle of a sentence. Fragments . An anthology by the Austrian PEN Club. platform Johannes Martinek Verlag. Perchtoldsdorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503683-1-4 .
  • Roman Roček . Selected poems. Foreword and compilation, Podium Portrait Volume 77 (Ed. By Hannes Vyoral), Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902886-13-2 .
  • The pontifical office of the stake. Kurt Klinger . The collected lyric work. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-690-0 .
  • with Susanne Dobesch-Giese: Women's rights as a statute: mulieris mundi. Austrian PEN Club. Series: pen-dokumente, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-787-7 .
  • with Christian Teissl: Colorful stones. Freshly colored . An anthology by the Austrian PEN Club. Row: penyapaa. Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-680-1 .
  • with Christine Fritsch: Even in her sin . Herbert Eisenreich. Novel. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-771-6 .
  • with Christine Fritsch: When the language gets down to business . Herbert Eisenreich - Friedrich Torberg: The correspondence. With all of Eisenreich's writings at Torberg . Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-771-6 .
  • Roman Roček . Echinoderms . Along with an essay by Alexander Giese. Provided with a post script by Helmuth A. Niederle. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-773-0 .
  • with Philo Ikonya: Schwarze Orphea / Black Orphea. Significant anger / relevant rage . Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-717-4 .
  • How far does tolerance go? How far does Europe go? European tolerance talks Fresach 2015. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-677-1 .
  • with Harald Kollegger: word body. An anthology by the Austrian PEN Club. Row: penyapaa. Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-828-7 .
  • with Harald Kollegger: Eating alone is like dying alone an anthology by the Austrian PEN Club. Row: penyapaa. Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-835-5 .
  • The borders of Europe - human rights and the consequences of climate change. European tolerance talks Fresach 2016. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-879-9 .
  • Utopia. Documentation of a symposium. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-890-4 .
  • Language and power. Documentation of a symposium. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-891-1 .
  • Alfred Rossi: Over and over. A picture reader. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-859-1 .
  • with Susanne Dobesch-Giese: Festschrift for Erich Sedlak. prefer amicarumque amicorum. Row: penyapaa. Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-478-4 .
  • Gerhard R. Wind: Oil paintings. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-893-5 .
  • The future of freedom. Europe's civil society and the consequences of globalization for politics, economy and society. European tolerance talks Fresach 2017. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-937-6 .
  • Michael Guttenbrunner: In the power enclosure. Works Volume 1. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-792-1 .
  • with Susanne Dobesch-Giese: Power and powerlessness of the spirit . Alexander Giese: Writings from the estate . Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-938-3 .
  • with Evelyn Adunka: Wolfgang Georg Fischer: From my office in London, Vienna and on the Grundlsee 1951 to 2018 . Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-944-4 .
  • with Reinhart Hosch and Harald Kollegger: Leaking - Dichtun– Dichdung . An anthology by the Austrian PEN. Row: penyapaa. Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-948-2 .
  • with Reinhart Hosch and Harald Kollegger: Sour apples. hard nuts, soft pears . An anthology by the Austrian PEN. Row: penyapaa. Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-949-9 .
  • with Andreas Weber: Fritz Habeck: My time before awakening . Autobiography I. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-921-5 .
  • with Aftab Hussain and Sarita Jenamani: disciples imprisoned by Allah . Dungeon poetry from Islamic countries. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-99098-011-8 .
  • Michael Guttenbrunner: Not entirely day and not entirely night. Collected poems. Works Volume 2. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-85409-900-0 .
  • Saying the unspeakable. mulieris mundi II. Texts of the PEN symposium. "Violence and trauma. Practice and literary processing" (International Day Against Violence against Women 2019). Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-033-0 .
  • with Reinhart Hosch: Emergency: Covid-19 . Texts on and in the pandemic. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-048-4 .



Translations
  • Ben Okri: African Elegy (An African Elegy). Poems. edition Kappa, Munich 1999.
  • Ben Okri: Birds of the Sky. Paths to Freedom (Birds of Heaven / A Way of Being Free). Essays. edition Kappa, Munich 2000.
  • Ben Okri: The Invisible Man (Astonishing the Gods). Novel. edition Kappa, Munich 2000.
  • Abdulrazak Gurnah: Thundering Silence (Admiring Silence). Novel. edition Kappa, Munich 2000.
  • Jackie Kay: The adoption papers (The Adoption Papers). Poems. edition Kappa, Munich 2001.
  • Ben Okri: Masquerades and Others. Stories (Incidents at the Shrine). edition Kappa, Munich 2001.
  • Sonia Solarte: World of Paper (Mundo Papel). Poems. Edition Milo from Verlag Lehner. Vienna 2006.
  • Jack Mapanje (together with Jürgen Strasser): And God became a chameleon (Of Chameleons and Gods). Poems. (Edition Milo by Drava Verlag, Klagenfurt 2008).
  • Easterine Iralu: The caterpillar spouse. Fairy tales of the Naga (Naga Folktales Retold). Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2010.
  • Philo Ikonya: Out of prison - love songs / Out of prison - love songs . Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2010.
  • Easterine Iralu: Khonoma. Memories of a Naga Village (A Naga Village Remembered). Novel. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2011.
  • Easterine Iralu: The Song of the Forest and Other Ghost Stories. Along with a selection from the lyric work (Forest Song). Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2012.
  • Philo Ikonya: A nocturnal leadership (Leading the Night). Novel. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2012.
  • Easterine Kire (Iralu): Mari (Mari). Novel. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2013.
  • Christopher Merrill: necessities (Necessities). Poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-736-5 .
  • Jidi Majia: Words of Fire (Words of Fire). Poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-735-8 .
  • Bing Feng (Ed.): One fallen Leaf and more Miniature Stories. Löcker Verlag (Chinese contemporary literature, volume 3). Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-716-7 .
  • Mahvash Sābet: No limits. Poems from prison. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-735-8 .
  • Solomon Hailemariam: The Step into Life (The young Crusader) . Novel. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-841-6 .
  • Sarita Jenamani: Inscriptions on Sand Dunes / Inscriptures On Sand Dunes . Poems / poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-881-2 .
  • Aftab Husain: A Dream Deferred / A Dream Deferred . Poems / poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-882-9 .
  • Jidi Majia: The jaws of the red lion in the star chamber of thoughts . Poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-887-4 .
  • Easterine Kire: A Lost Life. Story of a love among the Naga . Novel. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-85409-863-8 .
  • He Xiangyang (Ed.): How Far Is Eternity? Stories by women (How far is forever). (Translated with Jürgen Strasser and HM Magdalena Tschurlovits) Löcker Verlag (Chinese contemporary literature, volume 6). Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-796-9 .
  • Helen Kidan: Hope and other Poems / Hope and other Poems . Poems / poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-941-3 .
  • Mohammed Madani: A window not beguiled by the sun . Poems. (Translated with Ishraga Mustafa Hamid) Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-85409-947-5 .
  • Ananya S Guha: The Hills of Slow Time . Poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-85409-962-8 .
  • Tsippy Levin Byron: Read in depth . Poems. Löcker Verlag, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-99098-035-4 .

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personal data
SURNAME Niederle, Helmuth A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niederle, Helmuth Anton; Niederle, Helmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna