Jürgen Brôcan
Jürgen Brôcan (born November 29, 1965 in Göttingen ) is a German writer , poet , essayist and translator .
Life
Brôcan studied German and European Ethnology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen and began translating at this time. Since then he has worked as a freelance writer, literary critic, editor and translator. In 2003 he moved to Dortmund . He writes essays and reviews primarily for the feature section of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and for the Hamburg online forum fixpoetry by Julietta Fix. He is also the editor of the edition open field (eof) and the magazine "open field", which is published in cooperation with the association of the same name.
Awards
- 2007: Scholarship from the authors' promotion program for essays, Lower Saxony Foundation
- 2010: Scholarship from the Kunststiftung NRW (for Antidote )
- 2010: Paul Scheerbart Prize , Heinrich Maria Ledig Rowohlt Foundation
- 2015: Scholarship from the Kunststiftung NRW (for wood apples ).
- 2016: Ruhr Literature Prize
- 2016: Postpoetry NRW
- 2018: Scholarship from the Kunststiftung NRW (for juniper dreams )
Publications (selection)
- Monoliths. Edition Maldoror , Berlin 1995 [ artist book ]
- Logbook. Berlin (Edition Maldoror) 1995 [artist book]
- with Jakob Lehcie: Solitudes. Edition Maldoror, Berlin 1996 [artist book]
- Ricochet. Edition Maldoror, Berlin 1998 [artist book]
- The skin behind the words. Edition An der Leine, Göttingen 2000
- Early gray, crane song. Edition An der Leine, Göttingen 2001
- Facts & wonders. Darling Publications, Cologne 2005
- Local knowledge. Poems 1996-2006. Poetry edition 2000 , Munich 2008
- with Jan Kuhlbrodt : Circumnavigations. 25 information about the poem. Poetenladen , Leipzig 2010
- Antidote. Poems. Edition Rugerup , Hörby; Berlin 2012
- Crab apples. Edition Rugerup, Berlin 2015
- Cranial escapist. Edition Voss, Horlemann Verlag , Angermünde 2015
- hymnenrauh , Edition Haus Nottbeck im Vorsatz verlag, Oelde and Dortmund, 2016
- Juniper Dreams , Edition Rugerup, Berlin 2018
Translations:
- René Char : The plain. Edition Quatre en Samisdat, Berlin 1999 [artist book]
- Robinson Jeffers : love the wild swan. Private printing, Göttingen 2001
- René Char: The abandoned hammer. Private print, Göttingen 2002
- with Stefan Weidner : William "Bill" Everson : Syzygium / Origin of the River (version 1990). Gemini, Berlin 2001
- Marianne Moore : No swan so beautiful. Urs Engeler Editor , Basel 2001
- Gustaf Sobin : The pigeon house. Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag, Berlin 2003
- Richard Wilbur : A world without objects is noticeable emptiness. Darling Publications, Cologne 2005
- Georges Schehadé : Poetry I – VII. Hans Schiler Publishing House , Berlin 2006
- Seeing means changing. 30 American poets. Lyrik Kabinett , Munich 2006
- Ranjit Hoskoté : The Arrival of the Birds. Hanser Verlag , Munich 2006
- Walt Whitman : Grass Leaves. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2009
- Clayton Eshleman : The Cemeteries of Paradise. Selected poems 1974–2010. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-446-23737-7 .
- John Muir : The Mountains of California / The Mountains of California. with photographs by Edward Muybridge . Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-88221-050-7 .
- Nathaniel Hawthorne : The Scarlet Letter . A fantasy. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2014 / Gutenberg Book Guild , Frankfurt am Main; Zurich; Vienna 2014 / Scientific Book Society , Darmstadt 2014 / dtv Verlagsgesellschaft , Munich 2016.
- with Kerstin Zimmermann: Stephen Henighan : Our world in danger. Climate change and civilization. Alouette Verlag, Oststeinbek 2014.
- Daniele Pantano : Dogs in untended fields / dogs in neglected fields. Poems (English / German). Wolfbach Verlag , Basel; Zurich; Roßdorf 2015.
- Ranjit Hoskote: The Magician's Field Notes . edition open field, Dortmund 2015, ISBN 9783739215419 .
- Arundhathi Subramaniam: The city surged against me . edition open field, Dortmund 2016, ISBN 9783842336711 .
- John Muir: Any fool can destroy trees. Essays and notes. Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95757-223-3 .
- Walt Whitman: The Life and Adventures of Jack Engle . dtv, Munich 2019
Web links
- Literature by and about Jürgen Brôcan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Jürgen Brôcan at perlentaucher.de
- Personal website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung of October 13, 2016, page 40, melodrama, sobered up - Stewart O'Nan's biographical novel about F. Scott Fitzgerald .
- ↑ fixpoetry.com , accessed November 20, 2016.
- ↑ Homepage. Verein Offenes Feld eV, accessed on May 6, 2019 .
- ↑ literaturport.de , accessed on November 20, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brôcan, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, poet, essayist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |