Makoto Ozaki

Makoto Ozaki (* 1940 in Japan ) is a Japanese writer and translator .

Life

Ozaki studied Romance Studies at the University of Tokyo until 1961 . He then continued his studies in Paris at the École Pratique des Hautes Études . In 1969 Ozaki received his doctorate from Roland Barthes with a dissertation on the subject of Mallarmé et Hegel : Problèmes theoriques de l'influence . Ozaki learned the German language in Paul Celan's seminars . As a result of an initiative by Peter Szondi and Jacob Taubes , Ozaki moved from Paris to Berlin in 1971, where he taught at the Free University of Berlin until 1991 . Since then, Ozaki has also worked as a translator of works from the French into the German language.

Publications

• Articulations . Merve Verlag , Berlin 1981.
• Peeping Tom . Klein, Berlin 1989.
• Card game or comments on the "Meditations" of Mr. Descartes . Klein, Berlin 1991.
• Article . Klein, Berlin 1991.

Translations

• Maurice Blanchot : The one who speaks last (Original title: Le Dernier à parler . / About Paul Celan ). Together with Beate von der Osten. Gatza, Berlin 1993.
• Pierre Hadot : The inner castle. Instructions for reading Marcus Aurelius . Together with Beate von der Osten. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1996.
• Maurice Pinguet: Suicide in Japan. History of Japanese Culture . Together with Beate von der Osten and Walther Fekl. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1996.