Roman Brandstaetter

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Roman Brandstaetter (born January 3, 1906 in Tarnów , Austria-Hungary , † September 28, 1987 in Poznań ) was a Polish writer .

Plastic in Tarnów

Life

Roman Brandstaetter was born into a Polish-Jewish family. He studied Polish Studies at the University of Cracow . During the Second World War he lived as an emigrant in Palestine . Brandstaetter was cultural attaché at the embassy of the Republic of Poland in Rome from 1946 to 1948 . In 1948 he returned to Poland. He lived first in Poznań, then in Zakopane, and from 1960 until his death again in Poznań.

He has written novels, historical dramas, and religious poetry. He also translated from German, English (Shakespeare), French, Hebrew, Dutch and Czech. He wrote Kroniki Assyżu (1947, The Road to Assisi ) about his conversion to the Catholic faith.

Works (selection)

  • Noce narodowe (Drama, 1954) therein Ludzie z martwej winnicy; deutsch The people from the dead vineyard
  • Jezus z Nazarethu , Roman (4 volumes, 1967–73), German Jesus of Nazareth
  • Flowers from the garden of St. Francis . Translated from Polish by Karin Wolff (Leipzig 1981)
  • Very short stories . Translated from the Polish by Karin Wolff (Leipzig 1982)
  • The Bible in your luggage . Translated from the Polish by Karin Wolff ( Polish Krąg biblijny , 1983)
  • The Prophet, the Fish and the City . Translated from the Polish by Karin Wolff ( Polish Prorok Jonasz , 1984)
  • The Bible on the table. Translated from Polish by Karin Wolff (Leipzig 1987)
  • Marian hymns. Translated from the Polish by Karin Wolff ( Polish Hymny Maryjne , 1988)
  • The patriarch's oaks. Translated from the Polish by Karin Wolff ( Polish Dęby patriarchy Izaaka; Walka Jakuba z Bogiem , 1989)
  • Autobiography (coincidences of my life). Translated from the Polish by Karin Wolff ( Polish Autobiografia (Przypadki mego życia) , not published)

literature

  • Katrin Steffen: Jewish polity? : Ethnicity and nation in the mirror of the Polish-language Jewish press 1918-1939 . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2004. Zugl .: Berlin, Freie Univ., Diss., 2002

Web links

Commons : Roman Brandstaetter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on culture.pl
personal data
SURNAME Brandstaetter, Roman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Tarnów
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1987
Place of death Poznań