Peter Blickle (Germanist)
Peter Blickle (born September 26, 1961 in Ravensburg ) is a German Germanist , author of fiction and translator.
Life
Blickle grew up in Wilhelmsdorf in Upper Swabia . He studied medicine, German and comparative literature, in particular German literature and ancient languages in the USA, where he received his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1995 with a thesis on Maria Beig , the five-volume edition of which he co-edited in 2010.
Blickle holds a professorship for German literature and gender and women's studies at the American Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo .
Act
In the mid-1980s, Blickle began to write himself and initially published short stories in American and German literary magazines. In 2002 his first novel Blaulicht im Nebel was published , the background of which is based on the experiences of doctors and paramedics during rescue missions in Upper Swabia.
Blickle is a member of the PEN (Exil-PEN, center for German-speaking authors abroad).
honors and awards
- 1987 Governor's Award, State of Michigan
- 1991 Individual Artist's Grant, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 2004 Irseer Pegasus
- 2007 Robert L. Kahn Poetry Award
- 2009 Geertje Potash-Suhr Prose Prize
Works
- Maria Beig and the art of apparent artlessness. Edition Isele, Eggingen 1997, ISBN 3-86142-066-X .
- Homeland. A critical theory of the German idea of homeland. Camden House, Rochester, NV & Woodbridge, Suffolk 2002, ISBN 1-57113-225-2
- Blue light in the fog. Novel. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2002, ISBN 3-86142-237-9 .
- From one love to another. Novel. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86142-510-6 .
- Men's grammar. A novel in 19 lessons. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-86351-084-8 .
as editor:
- To honor Maria Beig. Ed. by Peter Blickle and Hubert Klöpfer. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-940086-92-1 .
- Maria Beig: The Complete Works. Edited by Peter Blickle and Franz Hoben. 5 vols. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-940086-81-5 .
as translator:
- Rosina Lippi: In the shadow of the three sisters. Translation from the American. Rowohlt / Wunderlich, 2002.
- Maria Beig: Lost Weddings. Translation from German together with Jaimy Gordon. Persea Books, 1990.
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Blickle in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Blickle in the lecturer directory of Western Michigan University
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Blickle , entry in Authors in Baden-Württemberg
- ↑ Peter Blickle in the list of lecturers at Western Michigan University , accessed on February 23, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Dorothea Bohnekamp: L'Allemagne: un non - lieu pour les exiles judéo-allemands après 1945? In: Cahiers de Narratologie. Analysis et théorie narratives . 31 Until June 26, 2017, ISSN 0993-8516 , doi : 10.4000 / narratologie.7708 ( openedition.org [accessed March 10, 2020]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blickle, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ravensburg |