Rainer Hesse

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Rainer Hesse (born March 28, 1938 in Königsberg ) is a German and Dutch poet and author of scientific works and literary translator. As a technical chemist, he worked as a department head in various laboratories .

Hesse conducts in-depth linguistic and written studies on the Chinese character reform and has published four academic papers in this area. In his main work, the reference dictionary of Chinese characters, he arranges all modern characters according to the column method he developed . He is revolutionizing the retrieval of characters, which is more convenient, time-saving and clearer than all previous classification systems of Chinese dictionaries. In addition, with the work he makes a general contribution to the architectural typology of Chinese writing.

He also translates poems by Belgian authors from Flemish into German. He writes himself, mainly tanka , haiku and other forms of poetry, and has already published nine volumes of poetry. He also regularly contributes to anthologies.

Hesse lived in Amsterdam from 2000 to 2018 . Now he lives in Hamburg .

Publications

  • Han Minwen: Attempt to develop a Chinese folk script . Harrassowitz Verlag, 1981, ISBN 3447022183 , ISBN 978-3447022187
  • Wangma fenleifa . Detailed description of the network code for the classification of Chinese characters. Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1985, ISBN 3-447-02561-1 .
  • The Kanji Network Code System: A universal dictionary order of Sino-Japanese characters . Publisher: BoD, 2000, ISBN 3831102074 , ISBN 978-3831102075
  • Comprehensive analytical-synthetic reference dictionary of modern Chinese characters using the column method . Verlag BoD, 2011, ISBN 3839175143 , ISBN 978-3839175149
  • Wai zimubiao . Study on the transcription of foreign names (non-Han) with the help of sound-bearing Chinese hybrid characters, shown using the example of chemistry and geography. BoD, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-4865-2 .
  • Small dictionary of psychobiology . Small dictionary of psychobiological terms and definitions, microcosm and macrocosm as symbols and symbol analysis. 1st edition. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-1-5463-2735-6 .
  • Kaze iro . How the wind blows Zum Halben Bogen, Göttingen 1992.
  • Iraqusa . Nettles. Zum Halben Bogen, Göttingen 1993.
  • Suigetsu . The moon is reflected in the water. Zum Halben Bogen, Göttingen 1994.
  • Shirojiro . Nothing but pure white. Zum Halben Bogen, Göttingen 1995.
  • Noroshi . Beacon. Zum Halben Bogen, Göttingen 1996.
  • Shima . Islands. Zum Halben Bogen, Göttingen 1997.
  • Usei . Rain melodies. Zum Halben Bogen, Göttingen 1998.
  • Genkai . Limits. Zum Halben Bogen, Göttingen 1999.
  • Starlight and Untouched Snow, Selected Poems . Verlag BUCH & media Munich, 2011, ISBN 3869061545 , ISBN 978-3869061542

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