Jěwa-Marja Čornakec

Jěwa-Marja Čornakec 2009

Jěwa-Marja Čornakec (German Eva-Maria Zschornack ; born January 8, 1959 in Räckelwitz ) is a Sorbian writer , translator and editor . From 1992 to 2011 she was editor-in-chief of the Sorbian cultural magazine Rozhlad .

Life

Jěwa-Marja Čornakec grew up in Ostro ( Upper Sorbian Wotrow ). She attended the Sorbian Advanced High School in Bautzen and graduated from high school in 1977. She then studied at the Technical College for Scientific Librarianship in Leipzig . From 1980 to 1984 she was a scientific librarian at the Sorbian Institute for Teacher Training in Bautzen and then worked at the Institute for Sorbian Folk Research, which was part of the GDR Academy of Sciences . From 1985 to 1990 she studied cultural studies and Sorabistics at the University of Leipzig . She wrote her diploma thesis on the subject of Serbske pismowstwo mjez 1937–1945 ( German Sorbian literature between 1937 and 1945 ). After completing her studies, she returned to the Institute for Sorbian Folk Research. On January 1, 1992, she became editor-in-chief of the Sorbian cultural magazine Rozhlad, which is published in Bautzen . On August 1, 2011, she moved to the Sorbian National Ensemble in Bautzen as a development dramaturge. She lives in Dresden.  

Jěwa-Marja Čornakec is a member of the Sorbian scientific society Maćica Serbska and was elected to its board on March 29, 2008.

Create

In the 1980s, Čornakec came out with short prose in Upper Sorbian and German, which appeared in various anthologies and magazines. Later she turned increasingly to children's literature , authored several children's books and libretti for children's musicals for the Sorbian National Ensemble . On March 1, 2009, her first play W sćinje swěčki (German In the Shadow of the Candle ) had its world premiere at the German-Sorbian People's Theater in Bautzen . As a translator, she has mainly translated 19th century Sorbian poetry into German.

Awards

On July 4, 2011, the Foundation for the Sorbian People Jěwa-Marja Čornakec awarded the Ćišinski Prize for her services as an author of Sorbian children's literature and Sorbian plays.

Works (selection)

Children's books

• Potajnstwo zeleneho kamjenja , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1994. ISBN 978-3-7420-1596-9
• Matej w štwórtej dimensiji , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1996. ISBN 978-3-7420-1657-7
• Myška w mróčelach , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2001. ISBN 978-3-7420-1874-8
• Zakuzłana sroka , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2004. ISBN 978-3-7420-1975-2
• Kak je wroblik Frido lětaś nawuknuł , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2006. ISBN 978-3-7420-2050-5 (Upper Sorbian), ISBN 978-3-7420-2041-3 (Lower Sorbian)
• Kak je myška Pip-pip płuwać nawuknyła , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2007. ISBN 978-3-7420-2083-3 (Upper Sorbian), ISBN 978-3-7420-2084-0 (Lower Sorbian)
• Kak je žabka Šlapka spěšnje skakać nawuknyła , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2008. ISBN 978-3-7420-2103-8 (Upper Sorbian), ISBN 978-3-7420-2104-5 (Lower Sorbian)
• Kak je jěžik Kałačik skónčnje spać nawuknył , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2009. ISBN 978-3-7420-2133-5 (Upper Sorbian), ISBN 978-3-7420-2134-2 (Lower Sorbian)
• Zmiječk Paliwak , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2010, ISBN 978-3-7420-2169-4
• Wroblik Frido a jeho přećeljo , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2011, ISBN 978-3-7420-2205-9
• Kak su šwjerce kólasowaś nawuknuli , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2011, ISBN 978-3-7420-2204-2
• Kak je žabka Šlapka z wětřikom lećała , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2014, ISBN 978-3-7420-2288-2 (Upper Sorbian), ISBN 978-3-7420-2289-9 (Lower Sorbian)
• Kak su wroblik Frido a jeho přećeljo do Afriki lećeć chcyli , Bautzen 2016, ISBN 978-3-7420-2369-8 (Upper Sorbian), ISBN 978-3-7420-2370-4 (Lower Sorbian)
• Kak su wroblik Frido a jeho přećeljo jutry zaječki překwapili , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2020, ISBN 978-3-7420-2604-0 (Upper Sorbian)

youth book

• Łójerjo sonow , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2018, ISBN 978-3-7420-2464-0 (Upper Sorbian)

Children's musicals (libretti)

• A dream of flying , 2001
• The Stolen Crown , 2003
• The dream of happiness , 2004
• The little dragon Paliwak , 2009
• Where's Milenka? , 2012

stories

• Hołbik čornej nóžce ma , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 1999. ISBN 978-3-7420-1792-5

Plays

• W sćinje swěčki , first performance on March 21, 2009 at the German-Sorbian People's Theater Bautzen (Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2009. ISBN 978-3-7420-2128-1 )

German version: In the shadow of the candle , premiere on September 18, 2009 at the German-Sorbian People's Theater Bautzen

• Za sydom durjemi (German: Seven Doors ), world premiere on March 17, 2012 at the German-Sorbian People's Theater in Bautzen
• Chodźić po rukomaj - Alois Andritzki (German: To go on hands - Alois Andritzki ), musical drama (music: Ulrich Pogoda ), world premiere on April 12, 2014 at the German-Sorbian People's Theater in Bautzen

Non-fiction

• Small Sorbian Easter Egg Primer , 7th edition, Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2010. ISBN 978-3-7420-1908-0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of theses ( memento of January 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) ( MS Excel ; 424 kB) at the Institute for Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig
2. ↑ ^{a b} Benedikt Dyrlich receives Ćišinski Prize 2011. Advancement award for Jěwa-Marja Čornakec . In: Görlitzer Anzeiger , July 6, 2011, accessed on August 7, 2011
3. ↑ Lucie Fojtíková: The recognized minorities in Germany - Sorbs (PDF; 764 kB). Diploma thesis, Palacký University Olomouc 2009
4. ↑ Ćišinski Prize , list of the winners on the Foundation for the Sorbian People's website, accessed on March 16, 2017

Web links

Commons : Jěwa-Marja Čornakec  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jěwa-Marja Čornakec on the website of Domowina Verlag Bautzen
• official homepage