Jurij Koch

Jurij Koch (1995)

Jurij Koch (born September 15, 1936 in Horka ) is a Sorbian writer who writes his works in German and the Sorbian languages ( i.e. Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian ).

Life

The son of a Sorbian stone worker family went to school in Crostwitz , at the grammar school in Varnsdorf ( Czechoslovakia ) and in Bautzen . He graduated from high school in Cottbus . He then studied journalism in Leipzig from 1956 to 1960 and postgraduate theater from 1961 to 1966 . Afterwards Koch was an editor and reporter for the radio and from 1976 a freelance writer. He is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

In his works, Koch repeatedly addresses the problem areas of lignite extraction and the associated destruction of landscape and homeland.

Today Koch lives in the village of Sielow near Cottbus, Niederlausitz . He is married and has three children.

Awards

• Domowina Literature Prize 1963 and 1968
• Jakub Bart-Ćišinski State Prize (collective), 1976
• Carl Blechen Prize of the City of Cottbus, 1983
• Environment Literature Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , 1992

Works

Books (selection)

• Jüdin Hana ( Židowka Hana ), short story, Domowina Verlag 1963
• Street concert ( Nadrózny koncert ), poems, Domowina Verlag 1965
• Between seven bridges ( Mjez sydom mostami ), Roman, Domowina Verlag 1968
• Dneprfahrten ( Pućowanje k ranju ), reports, 1969
• Rosamarja , Roman, Mitteldeutscher Verlag 1975
• The lonely Nepomuk , stories, Mitteldeutscher Verlag 1980
• Landing of Dreams , Mitteldeutscher Verlag 1982
• The beautiful girl. A Sorbian fairy tale , Domowina Verlag 1983
• Der Kirschbaum , Novelle, Mitteldeutscher Verlag 1984
• Raisins in your head. An incredibly true story , Altberliner Verlag 1984
• Jan and the biggest slap in the world , Altberliner Verlag 1985
• Pintlaschk and the golden sheep , ( Pintlašk a złote jehnjo ), Altberliner Verlag, Berlin 1987
• Eye surgery , novel, Verlag Neues Leben 1988. ISBN 3-355-00792-7
• Bagola. A Poacher's Story , 1988 ISBN 3-357-00023-7
• The raging air rat or how the mouse motor was invented ( Měrćinowy Miksmaks z myšacym motorom ), Kinderbuchverlag Berlin 1989. ISBN 3-358-01230-1
• Silhouette , novel, Spectrum Verlag 1990. ISBN 3-7976-1450-0
• Das Sanddorf , Domowina Verlag 1991. ISBN 3-7420-0515-4
• Joy and pain of the almond crow. A report from the Sorbian Lausitz , Domowina Verlag 1992. ISBN 3-7420-0744-0
• Golo and Logo , ( Golo a Logo ), Alibaba-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1993
• Jakub and the cat silver. Cheerful adventure novel for young readers , Domowina-Verlag Bautzen 2001. ISBN 3-7420-1867-1
• At the end of the day , story ( Na kóncu dnja ), Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2009. ISBN 978-3-7420-2145-8
• Zabych ći něšto rjec , Domowina-Verlag, Bautzen 2010. ISBN 978-3-7420-2172-4
• Serski kral: Łużycki król , Namislavia Publishing House, Namysłów (Poland) 2010. ISBN 978-83-60537-28-2
• Zasej wšo na lubosć stoj , audio book, Domowina-Verlag 2011. ISBN 978-3-7420-2203-5
• The fire in the mirror , Domowina-Verlag 2012. ISBN 978-3-7420-2237-0
• Knot Knut a bur Žur , Domowina-Verlag 2012. ISBN 978-3-7420-2240-0
• Farmer Sauer and Ulf the mole , Lychatz Verlag 2013. ISBN 978-3-942929-23-3
• Grandma Kata-Marka and the fighters , Lychatz Verlag 2014. ISBN 978-3-942929-73-8

Films (selection)

• How about the two of us? (1980)
• Rublak: The Legend of the Measured Land (1980)
• Sehnsucht (1990, scenario for the film adaptation of his novella Der Kirschbaum )
• Tanz auf der Kippe (1991, film adaptation of the novel eye surgery )
• The Lusatian grandchildren

Radio broadcasts and plays (selection)

• Between seven bridges ( Mjez sydom mostami ), 1970, directed by Beno Šram
• The last test ( Poslednje pruwowanje ), 1972

Web links

• Literature by and about Jurij Koch in the catalog of the German National Library