Johannes Beilharz

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Johannes Beilharz (born January 15, 1956 in Oberndorf am Neckar ) is a German writer , translator and painter.

Life

Beilharz studied English and Romance languages at the University of Regensburg and English literature and creative writing at the University of Colorado in Boulder (Colorado) . From 1977 to 1985 he lived in the USA , then until 2002 in Vöhringen (Württemberg) , from 2002 to 2012 in Stuttgart and since then alternately in Pliezhausen - Rübgarten and Rome .

Since 1978 he has published poems, short stories and translations of poetry from German, English, French, Spanish and Catalan in various American and German magazines and e-zines in English and German . He has translated poems by John Ashbery , Barbara Guest , Derek Walcott , Christine Lavant , Ingeborg Bachmann , Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Jorge Luis Borges and Erwin Einzinger, among others .

Pseudonyms under which he occasionally wrote and writes include a. Leonard Blumfeld, James Steerforth, Niebla and Justinian Belisar.

His artistic activity, which he resumed in 1998 after a long break, has led to exhibitions in France , Baden-Württemberg , India and Italy since 2002 . Some of his works are part of private collections in Germany, France, India, Italy and the USA.

Beilharz is a member of the Association of German Writers (VS) Baden-Württemberg and is funded by the Association of German Writers in Baden-Württemberg.

Publications (selection)

as an author
  • The godless ants . Stories. Alkyon, Weissach im Tal 2003, ISBN 3-933292-65-4 .
  • Best of memes . Poems and short stories by James Steerforth, Leonard Blumfeld, Niebla and others (English). Wordclay, Bloomington, Indiana, USA 2008, ISBN 978-1-6048-1364-7 .
  • A Finnish jazz number for the misunderstood . Poems. epubli, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-8442-9018-9 .
as translator
  • William Bell: Talk to the earth . Translation from Canadian English. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8251-7314-3 .
  • Pete Johnson: last chance for dads . Translation from British English. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8251-7379-8 .
  • Enric Casasses: The houses on my street . Poem. Translation from Catalan. Gerard, Rheinbach 2006.
  • Indian poems and stories . Translations of poems by Indian authors as well as own poems and stories. Stuttgart 2006 (self-published).
  • Barbara Guest : Parachutes, lover. Selected poems . Translation from American English. luxbooks , Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-939557-24-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Beilharz, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, translator and painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberndorf am Neckar