Petro Rychlo
Petro Wassylowytsch Rychlo ( Ukrainian Рихло Петро Васильович ; born July 10, 1950 in Schyshkivtsi , Chernivtsi Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian German studies scholar, literary scholar, translator, essayist and professor at the National Jurisprudence University of Chernivtsi .
Life
After finishing secondary school in his hometown in Bukowina , he began studying German at the State University of Chernivtsi in 1967 , which he completed in 1972 with a diploma. He worked as an assistant for German language at the chair for foreign languages at the Medical University of Chernivtsi (1972–1973) and as a German teacher at the general secondary school Swarytschiw , Roschnjatiw Rajon in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (1973–1976).
Since 1976 he has been working at the Chair of Foreign Language Literature at the National University of Chernivtsi - first as an assistant, later as a lecturer and since 2008 as a professor . In 1988 he received his doctorate on the reception of the national literary tradition in the poetry of Stephan Hermlin . In 2007 he completed his habilitation on Paul Celan's poetic work as Intertext .
Since 1999 he has been a member of the Association of Ukrainian Writers . From 2000 to 2002 he was visiting professor for Ukrainian studies at the Institute for Slavic Studies at the University of Vienna .
In December 2016 Rychlo was one of the signatories of the appeal of the Berlin International Literature Festival "End the mass murder in Aleppo!" , Which is directed against the "bombing war by Russian President Putin in the Syrian city of Aleppo ".
Rychlo wrote about 200 specialist articles and essays in literary magazines, scientific anthologies and other print media . These include publications on Tristan material and on German and Austrian authors of the 20th century, German-Ukrainian literary relations and the German-language literature of Bukovina.
Translations
We owe him numerous translations by German, Austrian and Swiss authors in Ukrainian magazines , anthologies and almanacs : Friedrich Schiller , Heinrich Heine , Georg Heym , Carl Einstein , Johannes R. Becher , Bertolt Brecht , Georg Maurer (writer) , Stephan Hermlin , Franz Fühmann , Günter Kunert , Volker Braun , Sarah Kirsch , Uwe Kolbe (author) , Mario Wirz , Durs Grünbein , Gerhard Falkner , Brigitte Oleschinski , Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , Alexander Roda Roda , Ingeborg Bachmann , Julian Schutting , Peter Waterhouse , Ingeborg Kaiser , Andreas Saurer and others
Translations of the works of Karl Emil Franzos , Jura Soyfer , Manès Sperber , Karl Lubomirski , Georg Drozdowski , Gregor von Rezzori , Rose Ausländer , Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger , Paul Celan , Josef Burg (writer) , Aharon Appelfeld , Reiner Kunze and others appeared.
Works
- Monographs
- Transitive substances of world literature (ukr.). Černivci 2004
- Poetics of dialogue. Paul Celan's poetry as intertext (ukr.). Černivci 2005
- Shibboleth. Jewish identity search in the German-language poetry of Bukovina (ukr.). Černivci 2008
- Anthologies
- The lost harp: an anthology of German-language poetry from Bukovina . Černivci 2002, 2nd, expanded edition 2008
- Select Europe: Chernivtsi . Klagenfurt 2004
- with Oleg Liubkivskyj: Chernivtsi, the city of literature . Černivci 2007, 2nd edition 2010
- Lexicons
- Lexicon of general and comparative literary studies (ukr.). Černivci 2001
- Essays
- Transatlantic Odysseus of the 20th Century, in: "Zwischenwelt. Literature, Resistance, Exile." Ed. Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft , 33, H. 1–2, Vienna 2016, ISSN 1606-4321 P. 5–8 (detailed biography of Alfred Gong )
Awards
- Bukovina Order for the book "Czernowitz City of Literature" (2007)
- Decoration of Honor of the State of Carinthia (2009)
- Dmytro Sahul Prize for Literature for Translations by German-Speaking Authors from Bukovina (2010)
- Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2012)
- Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class (2014)
- Main prize of the Georg Dehio Culture Prize of the German Cultural Forum Eastern Europe 2015
- Reiner Kunze Prize (2017)
literature
- Christian Weise, Chernivtsi Professor Dr. Peter Rychlo honored as bridge builder, in: Der Südostdeutsche 11, 2014, 6.
Web links
- Literature by and about Petro Rychlo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Rychlo: Poetic Atlantis Bukowina
- Sergij Osatschuk: Chernivtsi today and dealing with the common cultural heritage
- Zeitzug Poetisches Atlantis der Bukowina (preface to The Lost Harp, also table of contents)
- Chernivtsi roof of thought
Individual evidence
- ↑ Diploma thesis: The metaphor in Johannes R. Becher's homeland poems
- ↑ The end of the mass murder in Aleppo - great response to the appeal. Wording of the call in four languages from December 8, 2016 on AVIVA-Berlin.de , accessed on May 1, 2020
- ↑ The Bukovina Order is the highest distinction in Chernivtsi Oblast bestowed by the governor of the region
- ↑ Press release and jury statement on the website of the German Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rychlo, Petro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rychlo, Petro Wassylowytsch (full name); Rychlo, Petro Vasylʹovyč (transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian Germanist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zhyshkivtsi , Chernivtsi Oblast , Ukrainian SSR |