Herbert-Werner Mühlroth

Herbert-Werner Mühlroth (born August 23, 1963 in Jimbolia ( German:  Hatzfeld ), People's Republic of Romania ) is a Romanian-German publicist and translator who has lived in Germany since 1982 . In Romania he belonged to the German minority of the Banat Swabians .

Life

Herbert-Werner Mühlroth was born in Jimbolia in 1963 . 1970–1974 he attended elementary school in Jimbolia and then (1974–1982) the high school in Timișoara . In 1982 he fled Romania and has lived in Germany since May 15, 1982. In 1983 he graduated from the Zeppelin-Gymnasium Stuttgart .

From 1983 Mühlroth studied German , Romance languages and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg and the Free University of Berlin and graduated in 1990 with a Magister Artium . In 1995 Mühlroth passed the state examination for translators and interpreters and was approved as a sworn interpreter and state-certified and since 2012 as an authorized translator for Romanian.

For years he has worked as a freelance writer, translator, interpreter and copywriter. Among other things, he has translated Reiner Kunze's The Wonderful Years into Romanian and published the first Romanian- Aromanian dictionary . He writes poetry , prose and essays . He published his first novel, Fool in Trance , in 2012.

Publications

Book publications

• Apostol N. Caciuperi: Dicționar Român-Aromân. (Romanian-Aromanian Dictionary), ed. by H.-W. Mühlroth, Atlas Verlag, Bucharest 1996.
• Reiner Kunze: Anii cei minunați. (The wonderful years). Translated into Romanian and edited. by H.-W. Mühlroth, Du-Style, Bucharest 2000.
• Updating the day , hand press printing, Marien-Blatt Verlag, Lübeck 2006.
• Night foliage. Poems, Marien-Blatt Verlag, Lübeck 2009.
• Apostol N. Caciuperi: Collected works in four volumes: Gramatica Armănească , Cursu practic di limbă armănească , Noulu Testamentu , Traduţeri dit literatura română şi universală . Edited by H.-W. Mühlroth, Universalia Verlag, Bucharest 2011.
• Doina Uricariu: The Heart Institute / Institutul inimii , bilingual edition. Translated into German by H.-W. Mühlroth, Universalia Verlag, Bucharest 2011.
• Hamburg every minute: 100 years of Hochbahn - that's how the Hanseatic city moves . Hamburger Abendblatt edition, Hamburg 2012 (editorial assistance).
• RHINE! No. 4 “German Literature from Romania” (poems), 2012.
• Fool in a trance. Story of an uncanny love , Edition Noack & Block, Taucha 2012.
• A train in my dream. My escape from communist Romania. Edition Noack & Block, Berlin 2014.
• The moon is dancing the tango. Poems. Red series Lyrik No. 3. Edition Bärenklau, Oberkrämer 2015.
• Master's death, stories. Edition Bärenklau, Oberkrämer 2016.

eBooks

• “The moon is dancing the tango. Poems. “Red series of poetry no. 3. Edition Bärenklau, Oberkrämer 2015.
• “A train in my dream. My escape from communist Romania. “Edition Bärenklau, Oberkrämer 2015.
• “Fool in a trance. Story of an uncanny love “Roman, Edition Bärenklau, Oberkrämer 2015.

Essays

• Vocalism in the Hatzfeld dialect. A comparison with the Palatinate. In: Banatica. 1/95, Munich, pp. 21-30.
• Jos pe prunduri viață străvezie. Despre poetul, pictorul și compozitorul Wolf von Aichelburg. In: Contrafort. Kishinew, Moldova, No. 7/95, pp. 6-13. (Essay).
• Doodle in books. In: THE TIME. Modern life. September 28, 1995, p. 83. (essay).
• You should recognize them by their doodles. In: Berliner Morgenpost. Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung. 18/19. May 1996, p. 6. (essay).
• Reiner Kunze: Drumuri gingașe. (Sensible ways) In: România literară. (Journal of the Romanian Writers' Union), No. 23/24, 17 June 23, 1998, Bucharest, p. 41. (Selected translations and commentary)
• Hans-Jürgen Schings : Absenta si prezența lui Goethe. interviu acordat lui H.-W. Mühlroth la Berlin on February 27, 1999. (Goethe's presence and absence, interview with Hans-Jürgen Schings) In: Secolul 20. Revista de sinteza. No. 4-5-6 / 99, Bucharest 1999, pp. 19-27.
• Mircea Eliades Conception of an Archaic Ontology. In: Balkan Archives. Journal of the Balkan Romance Association. New episode Volume 24/25 1999/2000, pp. 89-101.
• Doodle in books. In: Tieke Goette (ed.): Recognize & act. Texts - materials - projects for German lessons. Merkur Verlag, Rinteln 2000, pp. 25-27.
• Reiner Kunze: Anii cei minunați. In: LETTRE INTERNATIONALE, Editia română. Summer 2000, pp. 52-56. (Selected translations and commentary)
• Crohmălniceanu la Berlin. In: Observator cultural, weekly magazine for information and cultural analysis. 62/2001, Bucharest, pp. 14-17. (Essay)
• Nevertheless, utopia survived. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter. 51. Vol. 1, Institute for German Culture and History of Southeast Europe, Munich 2002, pp. 27–28. (Essay)
• Night foliage. The moon is dancing the tango. In the Dreischneuss. No. 17-8 / 2005. (Poems)
• Letters from a trip to the sea. In: The Dreischneuss. No. 18-8 / 2005. (Narrative)
• Homeland. In: Supplement to the exhibition catalog of "istovremeno / zeitgleich", exhibition by Ivica Matijevic in Zenica and Krefeld, 2005. (poem)
• The Phantom. on www.philotast.de. Critical online magazine on society, art and culture, 2005 (story)
• night foliage. (Poem), hand press printing, single-sheet printing, Marien-Blatt Verlag, Lübeck 2006.
• Homeland. In: The Dreischneuss. No. 19-8 / 2007. (Poem)

Reviews

• Jürgen Kornischka: Psychological and social problems of repatriates. Pfaffenweiler 1992, In: Banatica. 4/95, pp. 67-69.
• Jean Ancel : Transnistria. vol. 1–3, Atlas Verlag, Bucharest 1998, In: Half-year publication for Southeast European history, literature and politics (HJS). No. 1/98, pp. 135-136.
• Sami Damian: I throw the glove. In: HJS. 2/99, pp. 139-140.
• Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu, Klaus Heitmann: The literary circle of Hermannstadt and the catalytic influence of the German culture. In: HJS. 1/00, pp. 96-97.
• The sandman . On the new volume of stories by Walter Lobenstein, In: Der Dreischneuss. No. 18-8 / 2005.
• Ilina Gregori: Ştim noi cine a fost Eminescu? Fapte, enigme, ipoteze [Do we know who Eminescu was? Facts, secrets, hypotheses]. Editura Art, Bucureşti, In: German-Romanian booklets. No. 1/2010, pp. 18-19.
• Romania in detours (România, într-un sens giratoriu) (essay), bookiseala. Online book magazine in Bucharest, 2012.
• For the 100th birthday of the poet, painter and composer Wolf von Aichelburg. Siebenbürger Zeitung, March 24, 2012.
• Jos pe prunduri viaţă străvezie. Poetul, pictorul şi compozitorul Wolf von Aichelburg la 100 de ani, in VATRA No. 05/12.

Translations

• Dangerous switchbacks. Romanian poetry of the present. ed. by Dieter Schlesak, Edition Druckhaus, Berlin 1998.
• Kindler's New Literature Lexicon. Volume 21 Supplement, pp. 143-145; 211-212; 317-318; 330-332; 361-363; Volume 22 Supplement, pp. 196-197
• S. Damian: Walking on the sand. Constantin Noica and the "School of Păltiniș". In: HJS. 1/97, pp. 34-49
• Gabriel Liiceanu: Sebastian, mon frére. In: HJS. 2/97, pp. 44-54
• Ilina Gregori: Foreword. In: Balkan Archives. Journal of the Balkan Romance Association. New series volume 24/25 1999/2000, pp. 297-304.
• Ilina Gregori: With a double horizon of expectation: Radu Petrescu's new diary. Lecture, 1998. (Translation from Romanian).
• William Totok: Discursul revizionist. In: Sfera politicii. Supliment, No. 1, 09.1998, pp. 26-32.
• The bourgeois culture in Transylvania and in the Banat: The role of Timisoara in the political transformation processes of December 1989. In: HJS. 1/1999, pp. 101-103.
• Zigu Ornea: From Eminescu to Petre Tuțea. For a paidetic model of the Romanian right. In: HJS. 2/2000, pp. 101-103.
• Daniel Barbu: Post-Communist Anti-Communism. In: HJS. 1/2000, pp. 21-29.
• Shorthand of the plenary session of the Central Committee of the Romanian Workers' Party. Speech by Comrade Nicolae Ceaușescu from 1-3. July 1957. In: HJS. 2/2000, pp. 31-32.
• Marius Lazar: "Academic" and "non-academic" thinking. The philosophy in Romania between the two world wars. In: Yearbook for University History . 4 (2001), Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 68-82.
• Ilina Gregori: Modernity in Romania: Farce or Martyrdom? About a little-known interpretation of "The Lost Love Letter". In: Romania and Europe. Transversal. Frank & Thieme 2009.

literature

• Rolf Birkholz: At the bay window. Review of the volume of poetry Nachtlaub.
• Walter Engel : Reflections. Review.
• William Totok: Fenomenul frontierist - un capitol uitat din istoria comunismului românesc, in Deutsche Welle March 16, 2009.
• Alexander Schuller: Destiny Escape , Hamburger Abendblatt, December 28, 2015.
• Hans Vastag: “Borderline” experiences and the train in dreams , in Banater Post, April 2, 2015.
• Alexander Schuller: Come on, let's go under together , Hamburger Abendblatt, July 19, 2012.

Web links

• rki-berlin , Romanian Cultural Institute Titu Maiorescu Berlin
• Literary magazine Am Erker , Rolf Birkholz, review