Horst Fassel

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Horst Fassel , pseudonym Helge Hof (born August 15, 1942 in Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania ; † December 3, 2017 in Wuppertal ), was a German philologist , literary historian , literary critic and translator .

life and work

Fassel's father, Stefan, was an academic and died on April 30, 1944 in the Crimea during World War II . Stefan Fassel had two children with his wife Irene , Heike (born January 25, 1944) and Horst Fassel. In 1948 Irene married the actor and opera singer Hans Mokka , with whom Horst Fassel had a loose relationship after the death of his mother in 1973.

Horst Fassel studied German and Romanian Studies from 1960 to 1965 at the Faculty of Philology at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj . From 1965 to 1981 Horst Fassel worked as a professor at the University of Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iași . In 1978 he received his doctorate in philology.

In 1981 he submitted an application to leave the country and in 1983 was allowed to move to the Federal Republic of Germany . Here he initially worked as a proofreader at Rombach Verlag Freiburg. From 1985 to 1987 Fassel was editor-in-chief of the German-language newspaper Banater Post . From 1987 onwards, Fassel worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies at the University of Tübingen , and from 1989 also worked as an honorary managing director until 2007. From 2004 to 2006 he was chairman of the Society for Research into the History of German-Language Theater Abroad Thalia Germanica . As chairman of the Adam Müller Guttenbrunn Society , Fassel, who spoke Romanian, Hungarian, French, English and Italian, was editor of the magazine Banatica from 1984 to 1987 and its editor-in-chief since 1987.

In 2010, Herta Müller suspected Horst Fassel, among other things , of having acted as a contact person for the Romanian secret service Securitate , code-named Filip , and demanded external expertise in the investigation. Further allegations about Fassel's entanglement with the Securitate came from the director of the Literaturhaus Berlin Ernest Wichner and the writer Richard Wagner . Horst Fassel firmly denied the allegations.

Horst Fassel has published in numerous publications such as The Truth , New Literature , Anuarul de istorie literară, lingvistică şi folclor , Cronica , Convorbiri literare , Jassyer contributions to German studies , Analele Universităţii “Al. I. Cuza "din Iaşi" , Karpatenrundschau , people and culture , Neuer Weg , Neue Banater Zeitung , Timisoara contributions to German studies , Hermannstädter Zeitung , Orizont , Steaua "Ramuri" , România literară , Synthesia , Cahiers roumains d'études littéraires , Studii sud -est europene , Analele Universităţii din Timişoara , Revista istorică , Neue Zeitung (Hungary), Budapest German Studies , Yearbook of Hungarian German Studies , Literature and Criticism , Podium , Tiroler Zeitung , Exil (Germany), New German Biography , Southeast German Archive (Germany) , Lessing international , German studies , German Ostkunde , Kulturpolitische Korrespondenz , Literatur-Spiegel , Der Donauschwabe , Banater Post , Theaterjahrbuch Universität Lodz (Poland), Anuarul Institutului de teatru (Prague), Anuarul Universităţii din Olomouc (Serbia) or Estudios Filológicos Alemanes (Seville ).

Horst Fassel was married to Luminița Fassel and died in 2017 of complications from cancer .

Single title (selection)

  • History of German literature from its beginnings to 1770 . Tipografia Universității, Iași 1978.
  • The German travelogue and its form in the second half of the 19th century . Tipografia Universităţii, Iași 1983.
  • German lessons in Jassy 1830–1992. Scientists and teachers as mediators in the West-East dialogue . Tubingen 1993.
  • German State Theater Timisoara 1953–1993. Development opportunities for a cultural institution of the German minority in Romania . Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn Society, Freiburg 1993.
  • A German theater in a multilingual environment: the example of Orawitza . Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn Society, Freiburg 1996.
  • 250 years of the German State Theater in Timisoara. 50 years of the German State Theater . Special issue 1/2, Banatica, Munich 2003.
  • Measure pannonia. Images of Hungary in German literature from Ekkehard IV to Siegfried Lenz . Stuttgart 2004.

Transmission (selection)

  • Sextil Pușcariu : examinations and essays / Romanian Cercetări şi studii . Editura Minerva, Bucharest 1974.
  • Anghel Dumbrăveanu: The secret of the orchid / Enigma orhideei . With Irene Mokka. Editura Facla, Timişoara 1976.
  • Corneliu Sturzu: The grass at the crossroads . Poems . Cluj-Napoca 1979.
  • Iacob Negruzzi : Jurnal . Editura Dacia, Cluj-Napoca 1980.
  • Kurt Kusenberg : Unde este Unchiul Bertram? With Anghel Dumbrăveanu. Editura Univers, Bucharest 1980.
  • Mihai Ursachi: The Talipot palm. Poems . Bucharest 1982.
  • Irene Mokka: Un cântec nesfârşit / An endless song . With Anghel Dumbrăveanu. Cartea Românească, Bucharest 1983.
  • Ioan Flora: The Danube - gently rising. Poems . Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2004.
  • Grigore Cugler: Apunake, Another World / Apunake, o altă lume , Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2005.
  • Traian Pop Traian : Leaden wings. Poems and pictures. With Liviu Tulbure. With Gerhardt Csejka, Horst Fassel, Edith Konradt and Johann Lippet. Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86356-168-0 .
  • Traian Pop Traian: Absolute power. Roman (z) e (n) from a confidential diary. Roman (ţ) e dintr-un jurnal discret. Poems. Bilingual edition Romanian / German. With Gerhardt Csejka, Edith Konradt, Johann Lippet, Horst Samson , Georg Scherg and Dieter Schlesak. Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86356-204-5 .

Awards

  • 1979: Translation Prize from the Romanian Writers' Association
  • 1991: Culture Prize of the Danube Swabians
  • 2000/01: Honorary professorship at the Babes Bolyai University of Cluj
  • 2004: Premiul de Excelenţă of the Convorbiri literare magazine
  • 2006: Honorary doctorate from the University of the West Timișoara

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Horst Fassel died . In: Society of Germanists in Romania, based on Luzian Geier in: Der Südostdeutsche No. 12 of December 20, 2017, p. 8.
  2. ↑ DNB 132174421
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Asociatia Banaterra: Horst Fassel ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , in Romanian
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Wilhelm Triebold: “My name is not among them.” Horst Fassel from Tübingen, to whom Herta Müller claims to be close to the Securitate, answers. In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt , April 22, 2010
  5. ↑ a b Ildico Achimescu: Jurnalele Irenei . ( Memento of February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Bănățeanul of February 2, 2006, in Romanian.
  6. ↑ a b Susanne Führer: "Character assassination was committed against authors." Writer Richard Wagner attacks Banat Swabia. In: Deutschlandradio Kultur , December 21, 2009
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Young European Federalists Germany : Exhibition: Event on the National Day of Hungary , In: europatermine, Stuttgart, March 16, 2007
  8. ↑ a b c Wilhelm Triebold: Spy accusation against Horst Fassel renewed. “I'm not Filip”. , In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt , July 12, 2010
  9. ^ Thalia Germanica, Information
  10. ↑ Institute for Danube Swabian History and Regional Studies : Dr. Horst Fassel ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hdhbw.de
  11. ↑ Wilhelm Triebold: At your service in secret? Nobel laureate Herta Müller sees Tübingen scientists as Securitate helpers , Schwäbisches Tagblatt, April 9, 2010
  12. ↑ Wilhelm Triebold: “Neither substantiate nor invalidate.” Herta Müller calls for external expertise in the clarification of spy allegations against Horst Fassel , Schwäbisches Tagblatt, April 14, 2010
  13. ↑ Ernest Wichner: So speak the files. The Securitate spy 'Filip'. A case of memory loss? In: Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Romania , Supplement Banater Zeitung , part 1 - February 15, 2012, p. VI , part 2 - February 22, 2012, p. VI , part 3 - February 29, 2012
  14. ↑ Ernest Wichner : Poetry and betrayal. The same is not the same. In: Der Tagesspiegel , March 7, 2011
  15. ↑ Richard Wagner : Did the Securitate come to Tübingen or was it just the Banat Swabian country team? In: The Axis of Good , April 12, 2010
  16. ↑ Wilhelm Triebold: In the lowlands of denunciation. How far does the long arm of the Securitate reach? A confusion about distrust, spy allegations and a sick man , In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt, April 9, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Fassel, Horst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hof, Helge (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist, literary historian, literary critic and translator
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 2017
Place of death Wuppertal