Rupprecht Mayer

Rupprecht Mayer (* 1946 near Marktschellenberg ) is a German literary translator and writer .

Life

Rupprecht Mayer studied Sinology and East Asian art history in Munich, Taiwan, Surabaya and Bonn from 1966 to 1976 . He then worked as a gallery owner, publisher, translator and lecturer in Munich. From 1989 to 2012 he worked as a translator and interpreter in Beijing, Berlin and Shanghai. Today he lives in Burghausen an der Salzach. Since 1981 he has published numerous translations by Chinese authors as well as a non-fiction book on historical Chinese reverse glass painting. In addition, Rupprecht Mayer publishes his own literary texts ( short stories , lyrical prose) in literary magazines such as Akzente , Am Erker , besides , drafts , Krautgarten , Lichtungen , Lose Blätter , Macondo , miromente , Muschelhaufen , Podium and SALZ .

Works

• From the world of the triple jump , Edition Thaleia, St.Ingbert, 2004. ISBN 3-924944-65-2 (out of print, reissued as Kindle Edition, 2013).

• Bolihua: Chinese reverse glass painting from the Mei-Lin collection , Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2017. ISBN 978-3-7774-2833-8 .

Editing

• Chinablätter , sinological specialist journal, No. 1–19, Munich, from September 1982 to September 1994

Translations (selection)

• Gao Ertai: Gazelle hunt , story, in: Die Drachenschnur , edited by Andreas Donath, Verlag Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1981
• Shen Congwen : Bozi , short story, Chinablätter No. 2, Munich, 1982
• Shu Ting: Between Walls , Poems, Verlag Simon und Magiera, Munich 1984
• Zhang Jie : The prerequisites are not yet ripe , narrative, MERIAN issue 03/39, Verlag Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1986
• Lao She : Neighbors , in: Between dream and reality , stories, edited by Volker Klöpsch, Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1990
• Mo Yan : The gifted and maiden flight , novellas, Die Horen issue 169, Bremerhaven 1993
• Xu Xing: And everything that remains is for you , Roman (together with Irmy Schweiger), Verlag Schirmer Graf, Munich 2004
• Hong Mai: Three Stories from Yijianzhi , Booklets for East Asian Literature No. 45, Munich 2008
• Anonymous: "The story of the one shoe", fairy tale from Tibet, together with Jessica Mayer, Hefte für Ostasiatische Literatur No. 47, Munich, 2009
• Xiao Kaiyu : Poems , Booklets for East Asian Literature No. 46, Munich 2009
• Ji Yun: Notes from the grass hut looking at the inconspicuous (excerpt), Hefte für Ostasiatische Literatur No. 50, Munich, 2011
• Hung Hung: Drei Gedichte, FAZ from December 29, 2011, January 16, 2012 and December 3, 2012.

Web links

• Literature by and about Rupprecht Mayer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author's homepage with biobibliography .
• Nonfiction book about Chinese reverse glass painting .