Karl Schwedhelm (writer)

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Karl Schwedhelm (* 1915 in Berlin ; † 1988 in Braunsbach- Steinkirchen (Schwäbisch Hall)) was a German literary journalist, poet , translator , essayist and editor .

Life

Schwedhelm studied modern German literary history . He was used as a soldier in World War II . From 1947 he was a lecturer at Süddeutscher Rundfunk . From 1955 to 1978 he headed its literature department. Since 1973 Schwedhelm was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz .

Schwedhelm maintained professional and private contacts with almost all of the important German-speaking writers from the 1950s to the 1970s. a. to Gottfried Benn , Paul Celan , Claire Goll , Wilhelm Lehmann and Nelly Sachs . Because of its importance for the cultural, literary and media history of its time, Schwedhelm's correspondence was partly edited and published within the Schwedhelm edition of the Rimbaud Verlag .

Schwedhelm died in 1988.

Work (selection)

Work edition, ed. by Bernhard Albers and Reinhard Kiefer , eight volumes so far:

  • Vol. 1: Tracking the fish. All the poems . Ed. U. Notes v. Bernhard Albers u. Reinhard Kiefer. Epilogue v. Walter Helmut Fritz . Aachen, Rimbaud 1991. ISBN 3-89086-906-8 .
  • Vol. 2: Anatomy of Illusion. Essays . Ed. U. Notes v. Bernhard Albers u. Reinhard Kiefer. Aachen, Rimbaud 1991. ISBN 3-89086-907-6 .
  • Vol. 3: Figure and characters. Essays from the estate . Epilogue u. Notes v. Reinhard Kiefer. Aachen, Rimbaud 1993. ISBN 3-89086-908-4 .
  • Vol. 4: Gottfried Benn. Essay and documentation . Ed., Notes and Epilogue v. Bernhard Albers u. Marc Houben. Aachen, Rimbaud 1995. ISBN 3-89086-875-4 .
  • Vol. 5: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore : Le premier amour. The first love. Selected poems . Foreword and translated by Karl Schwedhelm. Epilogue v. Bernhard Albers. Aachen, Rimbaud 1997. ISBN 3-89086-812-6 .
  • Vol. 6: Nelly Sachs. Correspondence and documents . Ed., Notes and Epilogue v. Bernhard Albers. Aachen, Rimbaud 1998. ISBN 3-89086-856-8 .
  • Vol. 7: Friendship. Letters and texts . Ed. U. Epilogue v. Bernhard Albers. Aachen, Rimbaud 2003. ISBN 3-89086-731-6 .
  • Vol. 8: Karl Schwedhelm and Wilhelm Lehmann. Correspondence and documents 1948–1967 . Ed., Notes and Epilogue v. Klaus Johann. With a curriculum vitae by Karl Schwedhelm v. Sabine Schwedhelm. Aachen, Rimbaud 2007. ISBN 978-3-89086-554-6 . [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Schwedhelm, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary journalist, poet, translator, essayist and editor
DATE OF BIRTH 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1988
Place of death Braunsbach- Steinkirchen