Thomas Reschke

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Thomas Reschke (born June 4, 1932 in Danzig ) is a German literary translator .

Life

Thomas Reschke escaped with his family in Ludwigslust in Mecklenburg in September 1945 . He attended high school there, where he passed his matriculation examination in 1951 . He then completed at the Berlin Humboldt University a study of Slavonic Studies , which he with the 1955 level completed a degree in Slavic. From 1955 to 1990 Reschke worked as an editor and lecturer in the GDR publishers “Culture and Progress” and “ People and World ”. In 1956 he began translating literary works from Russian . He has been a freelance translator since 1990 . Reschke lives in Berlin .

Thomas Reschke is one of the most productive German Russian translators of the second half of the twentieth century . He translates novels , books for children and young people as well as plays ; He was particularly prominent as a translator of the majority of Mikhail Bulgakov's works .

Thomas Reschke was a member of the GDR Writers' Association from 1965 to 1990 . He is also a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works . Reschke was awarded the F. C. Weiskopf Prize in the GDR in 1975 ; In 1987 he received the Maxim Gorky Prize of the Soviet Writers' Union . After the fall of the Berlin Wall , he received the translation prize of the German Youth Literature Prize in 1992 for his translation of Anatoly I. Pristawkin's work “Wir Kuckuckskinder” , in 2000 a Federal Cross of Merit and in 2001 the translation prize of the Kunststiftung NRW in recognition of his life's work .

Editing

  • The sea-born , Berlin 1963
  • Secret fairy tales , Berlin 1983
  • Michail Bulgakow , Frankfurt am Main 1991

Works

  • Arkadij G. Adamov : Poison from the Kischlak , Berlin 1973
  • Arkadij G. Adamov: The trace of the fox , Berlin 1967
  • G. Adamov : The missing hotel guest , Berlin 1977
  • Ales' Adamovič : torturers , Berlin [u. a.] 1982
  • Čingiz Ajtmatov : Early cranes. Piebald dog running along the sea , Berlin 1983 (translated with Charlotte Kossuth)
  • Vasilij P. Aksënov : Deficit item Faßleergut , Munich 1975
  • Vasilij P. Aksënov: A memorial for my great-grandfather , Berlin 1978
  • Vasilij P. Aksënov: One million separations , Berlin [u. a.] 1978
  • Boris Akunin : The Abduction of the Grand Duke , Berlin 2004 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Boris Akunin: The Secret of the Jade Chain , Berlin 2008 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Boris Akunin: The Magician of Moscow , Berlin 2005 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Boris Akunin: Murder on the Leviathan , Berlin 2002 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Boris Akunin: Pelagia and the white dogs , Munich 2003 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Boris Akunin: Russisches Poker , Berlin 2003 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Boris Akunin: The Beauty of Dead Girls , Berlin 2003
  • Boris Akunin: Turkish Gambit , Berlin 2001
  • Juz Aleškovskij : Die Hand , Munich [u. a.] 1992 (translated together with Renate Landa)
  • Anatolij Antochin : Clever Heads , Berlin 1978
  • Aleksej N. Arbuzov : Expectation , Berlin 1977
  • Aleksej N. Arbuzov: Fairy tales from old Arbat , Berlin 1972
  • Aleksej N. Arbuzov: Sunny - but frost breaks , Berlin 1973
  • Aleksej N. Arbuzov: The election , Berlin 1971
  • Viktor P. Astaf'ev : The sad detective , Berlin [u. a.] 1988
  • Isaak Ė.Babel ' : The Cavalry Army , Berlin 1980
  • Vitalij V. Bianki : On the trail , Berlin 1965
  • Michail A. Bulgakow : Adam and Eva , Berlin 1988
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: Notes of a young doctor , Berlin 1972
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: Notes of a dead person , Neuwied [u. a.] 1969
  • Mikhail A. Bulgakow : Collected works , Berlin
    • 4. The black magician , 1994 (translated with Renate Reschke)
    • 5. The red crown , 1993
    • 6. Teufeliaden , 1994
    • 7.1. I killed , 1995
    • 7.2. The talking dog , 1995
    • 8. The Days of the Turbins , 1993
    • 12.1. Don Quixote , 1996
    • 12.2. Peter the Great , 1996
    • 13.1. Letters 1914 to 1940 , 1996 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
    • 13.2. Documents and materials , 1996 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Mikhail A. Bulgakov : I killed , Berlin 1979
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: Iwan Wassiljewitsch , Berlin 1972
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: The cabal of the hypocritical , Berlin 1973
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: The life of Mr. de Molière , Berlin 1970
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: The Master and Margarita , Berlin 1968 (translated together with Gisela Drohla )
  • Mikhail A. Bulgakow: Soja's apartment , Berlin 1981
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: Pieces , Berlin 1970 (translated together with Ingrid Göhring)
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: Theater novel , Berlin 1969
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: The stairs to paradise , Berlin 1991
  • Mikhail A. Bulgakow: The fatal eggs , Darmstadt [u. a.] 1984
  • Michail A. Bulgakow: The crazy Jourdain , Berlin 1972
  • Ivan C. Bursaŭ : Matrjoschkas Märchen , Berlin 1975
  • Vasil 'Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ : The Loop , Berlin 1972
  • Vasil 'Uladzimiravič Bykaŭ: Signs of Doom , Berlin 1984
  • Evgenij I. Čarušin : Mauzel, Elster and the bears , Berlin 1974
  • Evgenij I. Čarušin: Tomka becomes a hunter , Berlin 1985
  • Evgenij I. Čarušin: How Nikita taught the sparrow to fly and other stories from children and animals , Moscow 1974
  • Aleksandr Červinskij : Dog Heart , Berlin 1988
  • Vladlen Dosorcev : The Last Visitor , Berlin 1986
  • Oleg Erberg : The Elephant Driver , Berlin 1958
  • Nikolaj R. Ėrdman : The Suicide , Berlin 1987
  • Sergej A. Ermolinskij : Memories of Bulgakow , Berlin 1985
  • Venedikt V. Erofeev : Notes of a Psychopath , Cologne 2004
  • Evgenij A. Evtušenko : Ardabiola , Berlin 1983
  • Evgenij A. Evtušenko: Berry-rich areas , Berlin 1984
  • Evgenij A. Evtušenko: The Chicken God , Berlin 1966
  • Evgenij A. Evtušenko: Pearl Harbor , Berlin [u. a.] 1984 (translated together with Marianne Schilow)
  • Evgenij A. Evtušenko: The Wolf Fun , Berlin 2000
  • Arkadij P. Gajdar : The hot stone , Berlin 1977
  • Natalija V. Gesse : Die Kranichfeder , Berlin 1975
  • Nikolaj V. Gogol ' : The Auditor , Berlin 1992
  • The golden vine hut , Berlin 1964
  • Fridrich N. Gorenštejn : Champagne with Galle , Berlin 1997 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Fridrich N. Gorenštejn: Der Platz , Berlin 1995
  • Fridrich N. Gorenštejn: Tschok-tschok , Berlin 1993
  • Maksim Gor'kij : From the stupid Ivanuschka , Berlin 1971
  • Maksim Gor'kij: What Evsejka experienced , Berlin 1982
  • Daniil A. Granin : Our battalion commander . The place for the memorial , Berlin 1970 (translated with Marlene Milack)
  • Vladimir S. Gubarev : The Sarcophagus , Berlin 1987
  • Il'ja Il'f : The Golden Calf or The Hunt for the Million , Berlin 1979 and Berlin 2013.
  • Il'ja Il'f: Twelve chairs , Berlin 1978 (translated together with Ernst von Eck)
  • Aleksandr G. Ivančenko : Self-Portrait with Mastiff , Berlin [u. a.] 1993
  • Jurij P. Kazakov : There is a bear outside , Berlin 1975
  • Jurij P. Kazakov: Larifari and other stories , Berlin 1966
  • Anatolij A. Kim : Eichhörnchen , Berlin 1987
  • Anatolij A. Kim: Moscow Gothic Stories , Berlin 1992
  • Ėduard S. Kočergin : Six Years Are Eternity , Berlin 2013 (translated together with Renate Reschke and Ganna-Maria Braungardt)
  • Nikolaj I. Koroteev : Operation "Zobel" , Berlin 1957
  • Julij Z. Krelin : The chief physician , Berlin 1978
  • The crocodile ... and his illustrators , Berlin 1961
  • Human - where from, where to? , Berlin 1959 (translated together with Hanni Ortmann)
  • Boris M. Nosik : Vladimir Nabokov , Berlin 1997 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Bulat Š. Okudžava : Poor Avrosimov or The Adventures of a Secret Scribe , Berlin 1971
  • Bulat Š. Okudžava: Meeting Bonaparte , Berlin 1986
  • Bulat Š. Okudžava: Merci or The Adventures of Schipow , Berlin 1981
  • Bulat Š. Okudžava: The journey of the dilettantes , Berlin [u. a.] 1981
  • Nikolaj A. Ostrovskij : How the steel was hardened , Berlin 1977
  • Boris L. Pasternak : Doctor Shiwago , Frankfurt am Main 1992
  • Stepan G. Pisachov : How the Pope took a maid , Berlin 1977
  • Andrej P. Platonov : The shoemaker's wife as Tsarina , Berlin 1975
  • Anatolij I. Pristavkin : I beg for an execution , Munich 2003 (translated together with Renate Reschke)
  • Anatolij I. Pristavkin: Slept a golden cloud , Berlin 1989
  • Anatolij I. Pristavkin: Silent Baltic States , Berlin 1992
  • Anatolij I. Pristavkin: A wagon goes on a journey , Zurich 2012
  • Anatolij I. Pristavkin: We cuckoo children , Berlin 1990
  • Michail M. Roščin : Anna Karenina , Berlin 1981
  • Michail M. Roščin: Transport train , Berlin 1975
  • Mark Rozovskij : History of a Horse , Berlin 1979
  • Anatolij N. Rybakov : Roman of Remembrance , Berlin 2001 (translated with Renate Reschke)
  • Jurij S. Rytchėu : Lord of the Wind , Berlin 1979
  • Jurij S. Rytchėu: Joo is looking for the polar circle , Berlin 1981
  • Mariėtta S. Šaginjan : The Uljanow family , Berlin 1959 (translated together with Hans Herrfurth)
  • Varlam T. Šalamov : Anna Iwanowna , Berlin 1990
  • Varlam T. Šalamov: Shock Therapy , Berlin 1990
  • Jurij P. Ščekočichin : Jeans , Berlin 1988
  • Viktor Slavkin : The adult daughter of a young man , Berlin 1981
  • Sergej A. Snegov : Explosion , Berlin 1960
  • Vladimir A. Solouchin : The Judgment , Berlin 1979
  • Leonid V. Solov'ev : The picaresque pranks of Nasreddin , Berlin 1959 (translated together with Ena von Baer)
  • Arkadij N. Strugackij : The second invasion of the Martians , Berlin 1976
  • Vasilij M. Šukšin : Until the third time the cock crows , Berlin 1976 (translated together with Eckhard Thiele)
  • Vasilij M. Šukšin: I came to bring you freedom , Berlin 1978
  • Vladimir F. Tendrjakov : People or Inhumans , Berlin 1990
  • Vladimir F. Tendrjakov: The night after the graduation ceremony , Berlin 1976
  • Vladimir F. Tendrjakov: The pure waters of Kitesh , Berlin 1988
  • Vladimir F. Tendrjakov: Sixty Candles , Berlin 1982
  • Lev N. Tolstoj : Tanja is still small , Berlin 1989
  • Jurij N. Tynjanov : The Death of the Vizier-Muchtar , Berlin 1974
  • Lev E. Ustinov : Aljonuschkas Glück , Berlin 1983
  • Arkadij A. Vajner : In the sign of Schlinge und Stein , Berlin 1991 (translated together with Renate Landa)
  • Alexander Wampilow : The older son , Berlin 1975
  • Alexander Wampilow: The house with the windows facing the field , Berlin 1979
  • Alexander Wampilow: Provincial anecdotes , Berlin 1973
  • Artem Veselyj : Russia washed in blood , Leipzig [a. a.] 1987
  • Sergej P. Zalygin : Republic of Salt Gorge , Berlin 1970
  • Evgenij I. Zamjatin : We , 1994
  • The Ziesel and the Bear , Berlin 1974
  • Michajl M. Zoščenko : Das Himmelblaubuch , Berlin 1973
  • Michajl M. Zoščenko: The charms of culture , Berlin [u. a.] 1980
  • Michajl M. Zoščenko: One terrible night , Berlin 1981
  • Michajl M. Zoščenko: The quick-change artist or an incident in the provinces , Berlin 1984
  • Michajl M. Zoščenko: Werther's suffering or the future visions of a cyclist , Berlin 1968
  • Michajl M. Zoščenko: As written with forks on the water , Mannheim 2004

Movie

  • Lane change. A film about translation. Встречное движение. 2003. Bilingual film by Gabriele Leupold , Eveline Passet, Olga Radetzkaja, Anna Shibarova, Andreas Tretner ; Russian subtitles made by students of the Institute for Slavic Studies at LMU Munich , in Shibarova's translation seminar. Other contributors are Sergej Romaško, Swetlana Geier , Michail Rudnizkij, Marina Koreneva, Dorothea Trottenberg , Ilma Rakusa , Tat'jana Baskakova, Solomon Apt , Thomas Reschke. Film , duration 1 h 34 m

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personal data
SURNAME Reschke, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Slavist and literary translator
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig - Langfuhr