Mitch Cohen
Mitch Cohen (* 1952 in Pasadena ) is an American translator , author and editor who has lived in Berlin since 1977 .
Live and act
Cohen studied 1969-1974 English at the University of California, Santa Barbara , graduating with a thesis on William Carlos Williams and the degree of Bachelor of Arts from. In Germany since 1975, Cohen initially worked as an au pair and groom for a family in the Odenwald. In 1977 he moved to Berlin. He studied English and German at the Free University of Berlin ; During this time he earned his living with art and ceramics lessons in a school shop and was a tutor for GDR poetry from 1979 to 1980 .
From 1973 to 1975, Cohen and KC Swartzel were responsible for the compilation and presentation of the contributions for a weekly lyric show on the college radio station KCSB-FM in Santa Barbara, California .
After arriving in West Berlin in 1977, Cohen soon made contact with the cultural and literary scene not only there, but also in East Berlin . In 1983 he brought u. a. the anthology Berlin: contemporary writing in East and West with contributions by 54 authors for whom he smuggled numerous manuscripts from the GDR to West Berlin between 1978 and 1983 . In 1984 he presented his first volume of poetry as an author together with Bert Papenfuß-Gorek .
He has been working as a freelance translator since 1988 , and since 1993 also as a freelancer at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin . He has translated numerous literary and scientific articles and books, as well as art catalogs and journalistic contributions, for example for Deutsche Welle television . In addition, he organized numerous readings in the Berlin literature club “Culinaria” and was on the board of the “ New Society for Literature ” in Berlin from 1995 to 1998 .
Mitch Cohen is married and lives in Berlin.
bibliography
Poetry & short prose
- Aton-Notate , graphic-poetry folder with Bert Papenfuß-Gorek , 1984
- District . Bibliophile edition with etchings by Robin Voll, 1985
- Mitlesebuch 2 , poetry and short prose, Aphaia Verlag, Berlin 1994.
- Mitlesebuch 121 , poetry with drawings by Robin Voll, Aphaia Verlag, Berlin 2013.
(Co-) editorships
- even a small offering . Lyric anthology. Santa Barbara, California 1974.
- ondas . Lyric anthology. Santa Barbara, California 1975.
- Berlin: contemporary writing from East and West . Translator and Editor, 392 pp., Bandana Press, Santa Barbara, California 1983.
- rub the stone's eyes . Lyric anthology. Add. with NN Berlin 1990.
- Between the voices you are like on a battlefield . Lyric anthology. Add. with NN Berlin 1993.
Translations (selection)
- Mitch Cohen (Ed.): Berlin: contemporary writing in East and West , anthology with 54 authors, 392 pages. Santa Barbara: Bandanna Books 1983 ISBN 978-0930012236 .
- Kenneth Rexroth : The Bestiary , Poems. Add. with Wolfgang Heyder, Corvinus Presse , Berlin 2010, (2011: 2nd extended edition with silhouettes by Hans Scheib) ISBN 978-3-942280-07-5 .
- Hannah Becher: I repeat myself when under stress . Art In Flow , Berlin 2014 ISBN 978-3-938457-27-6 .
- Sam Hamill: Deadly Lust , Poetry. Add. with Wolfgang Heyder, with pictures by David Fox. Corvinus Presse, Berlin 2016 ISBN 978-3-942280-37-2 .
- Jakob van Hoddis , Strong Wind Over the Pale City - Strong Wind Over the Pale City . Add. with Gregory Divers, PalmArt Press Berlin, 2019. ISBN 978-3-96258-033-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Mitch Cohen in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ literatpro.de See also Mitch Cohen: A look at William Carlos Williams , treatise on LiteratPro
- ↑ a b c d e literatpro.de page about and about Mitch Cohen at LiteratPro
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen, Mitch |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-German author and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pasadena, California |