Markus Roduner
Markus Roduner (* 1967 in Rheinfelden ) is a Swiss translator .
Life
After graduating from the Humanistic Gymnasium in Basel, Roduner studied Slavic-Baltic Studies (focus: Lithuanian) and historical-comparative linguistics (focus: Iranian and Georgian) at the University of Bern . From 1992 to 1995 and again since 1999 he lives in his adopted country of Lithuania . Roduner has been translating Lithuanian and later Latvian literature into German since 2002, including the novel "Die Regenhexe" by Jurga Ivanauskaitė, which was also successful in Germany, and the 20th century Lithuanian classic "The Forest of the Gods" by Balys Sruoga . Since 2004 he has organized the prose festival “European Literature Days” in Lithuania, and since 2013 also an international festival for children's and youth literature. Markus Roduner lives and works as a lecturer and freelance translator in Vilnius.
Works (selection)
As translator:
- Jurga Ivanauskaitė. The rain witch. Novel. Munich, dtv, 2002, ISBN 978-3-423-24324-7 .
- Jurga Ivanauskaitė. Placebo. Novel. Munich, dtv, 2005, ISBN 978-3-423-24453-4 .
- Balys Sruoga. The forest of the gods. Autobiographical novel. BaltArt-Verlag , Langenthal, 2007, ISBN 978-3-9523109-1-5 .
- Rolandas Rastauskas, Remigijus Treigys. Berlinalijos (Berlinalien). Photo essayistic album. German text. Klaipeda, 2008.
- Juozas Lukša-Daumantas. Partisans. Autobiographical prose. BaltArt, Langenthal, 2010, ISBN 978-3-9523109-2-2 .
- Marius Ivaškevičius . The green. Novel. Athena Verlag, Oberhausen, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89896-522-4 .
- Alise Tīfentāle. In the wake of Riga. BaltArt, Langenthal, 2013, ISBN 978-3-9523109-3-9 .
- [Pedro Lenz]. Čia aš varatarius, with Rimantas Kmita from Bern German, BaltArt, Langenthal, 2013, ISBN 978-3-9523109-7-7 .
- Dalia Staponkutė. Beyond the either-or. Essays. Expeditions, Hamburg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-943863-21-5 .
- Alvydas Šlepikas . My name is Marytė. Novel. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95462-535-2 .
- Alvydas Šlepikas. The rain god and other stories. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95462-813-1 .
- Jurgis Kunčinas . Tula. Corso Verlag, Hamburg, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7374-0740-3 .
Non-fiction:
- Vasilijus Safronovas . Struggle for identity. The ideological conflict in Memel / Klaipėda in the 20th century. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2015, ISBN 978-3-447-10352-7 .
As editor and translator:
- Nuo Bodeno iki Lemano ežero. Lietuvių rašytojų tekstai apie Šveicariją = From Lake Constance to Lac Léman. Texts by Lithuanian writers about Switzerland. Šiauliai, Saulės delta / Zurich, Werd Verlag, 2001, ISBN 978-3-85932-366-7 .
- Kurt Marti: There is a person / Štai eina žmogus / Dert geit e Mönsch / Va ain žmogs. Poems. German / Bern German and Lithuanian / Aukštaitic. Saulės delta, Šiauliai, 2004. With Vladas Braziūnas.
- Kregždutės. Romansh poetry. With Vladas Braziūnas. Saulės delta, Šiauliai, 2009
Prices
- City of Šiauliai Art and Culture Prize, 2008
- Hieronymus Prize for a translation of Lithuanian literature into a foreign language for “The Forest of the Gods” by Balys Sruoga, 2009
- Georg Dehio Book Prize , sponsorship prize, together with the author Alvydas Šlepikas for “My name is Marytė”, 2018
Web links
- Literature by and about Markus Roduner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Ludwigshafen.de: Meeting Markus Roduner in the city library , June 8, 2018, accessed on August 20, 2018.
- ↑ Kulturradio.de: Georg Dehio Book Prize 2018 goes to authors from Bosnia and Lithuania , May 15, 2018, accessed on August 20, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roduner, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rheinfelden |