Kurt Steinmann
Kurt Steinmann (born June 8, 1945 in Willisau ) is a Swiss classical philologist . He is known as the author of numerous translations of ancient authors.
Life
Kurt Steinmann worked as a secondary school teacher in Willisau and Reussbühl . He is a member of PEN and Authors in Switzerland (AdS). He mainly translates from ancient Greek, e.g. B. Tragedies by Aeschylus , Euripides and Sophocles , poems by Archilochus and Sappho as well as the handbook of morality by Epictetus . From the Latin he translated a. A. Petrons Satyricon , Petrarch's ascent of Mont Ventoux and Erasmus of Rotterdam's praise of folly
In 2008 he drew attention to himself with a new metric translation of the Odyssey . In 2016 his translation of the Revelation of John appeared , in 2017 his translation of the Iliad .
Work overview
Translations from ancient Greek
- Aeschylus, The Oresty (Reclam, 2016)
- Aeschylus, The Persians (Reclam, 2017)
- Archilochos, poems (island, 1998)
- Diogenes Laertios, The Life of Diogenes by Sinope (Diogenes, 1999)
- Epictetus, Handbook of Morals (Reclam, 1992)
- Euripides, Alkestis (Reclam, 1981)
- Euripides, The Trojans (Reclam, 1987)
- Euripides, The Bacchae (Island, 1999)
- Euripides, Elektra (Reclam, 2005)
- Euripides, Hekabe (Reclam, 2009)
- Euripides, Hippolytos (Diogenes, 2019)
- Hippocrates, The Doctor's Oath. From the holy disease (Insel, 1996)
- Homer, Odyssey (Manesse, 2007)
- Homer, Iliad (Manesse, 2017)
- Longos, Daphnis and Chloe (Manesse, 2019)
- New Testament, The Apocalypse (Manesse, 2016)
- Sappho, The most beautiful poems about Sappho (Diogenes, 2002)
- Sophocles, King Oedipus (Reclam, 1988)
- Sophocles, Oedipus on Colonos (Reclam, 1996)
- Sophocles, Antigone (Reclam, 2016)
- Theophrast, characters (Insel, 2000)
Translations from Latin
- Apuleius, The fairy tale of Cupid and Psyche (Reclam, 1978)
- Erasmus from Rotterdam, Confidential Conversations (Diogenes, 2000)
- Erasmus von Rotterdam, The Lamentation of Peace (Insel, 2001)
- Erasmus of Rotterdam, The Praise of Folly (Manesse, 2002)
- Petrarca, The ascent of Mont Ventoux (Reclam, 1995)
- Petron, Satyricon (Manesse, 2004)
various
- (div.), Masterpieces of Greek and Roman Literature (Reclam, 1998)
- Henzi, Samuel, Grisler, ou l'ambition punie (Edition Theaterkultur, 1996)
Honors
- 1983: Prize of the Lucerne Literature Funding
- 1985: 1st prize in the Coop short story competition
- 1991: Prize from the Bern Radio Foundation
- 2003: Pro Helvetia Prize for Work
- 2008: Art and Culture Prize of the City of Lucerne (for the translation of the Odyssey )
- 2018: Paul Scheerbart Prize for his new translation of the Iliad
- 2019: Johann Heinrich Voß Prize for Translation for his translations from ancient Greek and Latin
- 2019: Academy Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Steinmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kurt Steinmann at AdS
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulf von Rauchhaupt : Learn, O reader, from now on the speech of feathered words. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 16, 2017, p. 10. Updated version of October 24, 2017
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Steinmann, Kurt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss classical philologist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1945 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Willisau |