Jo Frank
Jo Frank (born March 12, 1982 in Marburg an der Lahn ) is a German writer , publisher and translator and managing director of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk .
life and work
Frank grew up in Southend-on-Sea and Kiel . After graduating from high school , he studied English, American, Greek and Holocaust communication in Berlin . He publishes poetry and prose in English and German, most recently the multilingual text Snacks in autumn 2017 .
Since 2005 Frank has been running the Berlin publishing house together with Dominik Ziller, Andrea Schmidt and Tilmann Severin , where he works as a publishing editor . He is the editor of the literary magazine Belletristik and the book series "Bibliothek Belletristik", "Edition Belletristik", "Edition Polyphon" and the "Edition Panopticon". From 2006 to 2008 he was editor of the English-language literary magazine Bordercrossing Berlin .
Frank has been a member of the “Ensemble Zeitkunst” and artistic director of the “Zeitkunst” festival since 2008 (together with Julian Arp and Caspar Frantz ).
Since 2009 Frank has been managing director of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk , the gifted support organization of the Jewish community in Germany. There he is head of the ELES program " DAGESH. KunstLAB ELES " and the dialogue perspectives. Religions and world views in conversation , a program of ideological and interreligious dialogue .
Together with Felix Scheinberger , Frank is the initiator of the German-Israeli exchange “everyday life”.
Jo Frank lives in Berlin.
Single track
- Memories of copper cream . Translated by Ron Winkler and Florian Voß , illustrated by Felix Scheinberger , fixpoetry Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-942890-14-4 .
- Strange encounter. Poems by Wilfred Owen . Translated by Johannes CS Frank, Hochroth Verlag , Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-902871-25-1 .
- The wretchedness of war. War poems by Wilfred Owen . Translated and annotated by Johannes CS Frank, with drawings by Andrea Schmidt, Verlagshaus J. Frank, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-940249-55-5 .
- Snacks. Multilingual prose. Edition Atelier , Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-903005-36-5 .
- 0. narration. SuKuLTuR , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-955660-87-1
Editions
- Literary magazine Belletristik (magazine) (with Dominik Ziller and Andrea Schmidt) since 2005
- Literary magazine Bordercrossing Berlin (with Fiona Mizani) from 2006 to 2008
- Library of fiction at the publishing house J. Frank (since 2007)
- Edition Poeticon in the publishing house J. Frank (since 2013)
- Fairyland. The Brothers Grimm in Israel. (with Felix Scheinberger and Dominik Ziller)
- Time art. Contemporary literature in dialogue with contemporary chamber music. (with Aurélie Maurin)
- A life in Germany. (with Walter Homolka )
- Series of publications by the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk. (with Walter Homolka )
- Because I want to live here ... Jewish voices on the future of Germany and Europe , Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2018. ISBN 978-3-451-38287-1 (with Walter Homolka and Jonas Fegert)
Web links
- Author's website
- Portrait in the "taz"
- Literary diary from Tel Aviv, "Jüdische Zeitung" ( Memento from July 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Jo Frank in an interview, "Let's talk about money" in the Süddeutsche Zeitung [1]
- Portrait at "Kultura-Extra"
- Interview about the Zeitkunst Festival, "Deutschlandradio Kultur" (MP3; 3.3 MB)
- Reading by Jo Frank at "Team Titanic"
Individual evidence
- ↑ In conversation with Klaus Pokatzky on Deutschlandfunk Kultur about his work as an author, publisher and translator
- ↑ Organigram of the Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk , ELES website, accessed on February 25, 2020
- ↑ Information on the publisher's website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tillmann Severin strengthens the team at the Berlin publishing house In: Buchmarkt.de , September 10, 2019, accessed on February 25, 2020
- ↑ Website of the publisher
- ↑ Dagesh | ELES. Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Contact persons for the Dialog Perspectives program . Religions and world views in conversation , Dialogperspektiven website, accessed on February 25, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frank, Jo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frank, Johannes CS; Schwöbel-Frank, Johannes Christoph (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, publisher and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg on the Lahn |