Timo Berger
Timo Berger (born November 13, 1974 in Stuttgart ) is an author , translator and publicist .
Life
Timo Berger studied general and comparative literature , modern German literature and Latin American studies in Tübingen, Buenos Aires and Berlin . He has lived in Berlin since 1999 . He publishes stories, poetry and essays in German and Spanish and works as a journalist and translator from Spanish and Portuguese. His texts have appeared in magazines such as El Diario de Poesía , ndl , louder nobody , Der Poet , Am Erker and um [loud], as well as in anthologies such as Gegen die Kammerjäger der Poesie , Berliner Kneipenbuch , Gänbuchprothesen and Lyrik von Jetzt 2 .
In 2001 he founded the reading stage visch & ferse together with Tilman Rammstedt and Nikola Richter . Up until the end of 2006, a solid group of authors from the off-scene performed there every month: u. a. Monika Rinck and Florian Werner .
Until 2007 Timo Berger organized Salida al Mar - the international festival of contemporary poetry in Buenos Aires and together with Rike Bolte since 2006 the Latinale - the mobile Latin American poetry festival and the web anthology Latin.Log in the online features section satt.org . In 2007 he was also a juror for the award of the Anna Seghers Prize , for which he suggested the Argentine author Fabián Casas .
Since 2007 he has been working as a freelancer for Die Tageszeitung and since 2008 as an editor for the magazine Kulturausch (magazine) .
Translations
He has translated authors from Spanish and Portuguese - u. a. Stories by the Argentine Edgardo Cozarinsky , the novel by the Argentine Pola Oloixarac Kryptozän , volumes of poetry by the Argentines Washington Cucurto , Cecilia Pavón and Sergio Raimondi , as well as the Brazilian Laura Erber and together with Tom Schulz by the Chilean Germán Carrasco . In addition, prose and poetry for the Berlin Poetry Festival , the Latinale and magazines such as Wespennest , edit , ostragehege and poet .
Berger is a member of the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works , VdÜ and the Network Free Literature Scene Berlin (nflb).
Honourings and prices
- 2015: Scholarship from the Berlin Senate
- 2013: Working grant, German Translation Fund
- 2009: Translation grant from the Society for the Promotion of Literature from Africa, Asia and Latin America for “Mitten der Nacht”, a book of poems by Fabián Casas
- 2008: Scholarship for participation in a translation workshop, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin , LCB
- 2006: Residence grant from the Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation , for a 3-month stay as an author or translator in the Villa Decius, Cracow
- 2005: Translation Grant for the European Translators' College , EÜK, Straelen
- 2005: Translator grant from the Society for the Promotion of Literature from Africa, Asia and Latin America for “Civil Poetry”, volume of poems by Sergio Raimondi
Work (excerpt)
- As an author
- Extramuros. Poemas públicos LUPI / Zoográfica, Sestao / Madrid 2018.
- Microclimas Vox, Bahía Blanca 2014.
- The South Parasite Press, Cologne 2014.
- A cien cuadras del centro y otros poemas Editorial Germinal, San José / Costa Rica 2011.
- Distant quarters. Poetry edition 2000 , Munich 2008.
- Kafka and me. SuKuLTuR , Berlin 2006 (“ Beautiful Reading ” series, No. 57), ISBN 3-937737-65-0 .
- A cien cuadras del centro. Vox, Bahía Blanca 2006.
- Memories of the regional league. Parasite press , Cologne 2005.
- Moldova. SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2004 (“Beautiful Reading” series, No. 27), ISBN 3-937737-31-6 .
- Abuela y otro cuento. Vox, Bahía Blanca 2004
- Sex and Sound. Eloísa Cartonera, Buenos Aires 2004
- Literatura Skin. Eloísa Cartonera, Buenos Aires 2003
- As editor
- Buenos Aires - a literary invitation , Ed. Timo Berger; Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2019 ISBN 978-3803113443
- Popcorn under the Sugar Loaf - Young Brazilian Literature , Ed. Timo Berger; Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2013 ISBN 978-3-8031-2634-4
- Asado verbal - Young Argentine literature , ed. With Rike Bolte; Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2010 ISBN 978-3-8031-2634-4
- News from the river. Young literature from Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay , Ed. Timo Berger; Verlag Léttretage, Berlin 2010 ISBN 978-3-9812062-3-4
- Asado verbal - Young Argentine literature , ed. With Rike Bolte; Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2010 ISBN 978-3-8031-2634-4
- New Argentine Poetry , transl. Timo Berger, Rike Bolte, Odile Kennel and Sarah Otter; Lux Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010 ISBN 978-3-939557-83-8
- Fabián Casas : In the middle of the night. Selected poems. Translation and epilogue TB- Edition Lux, Wiesbaden 2009 ISBN 978-3-939557-80-7 (luxbooks; 1).
Web links
- Short biography and information on the work of Timo Berger at Literaturport
- Literature by and about Timo Berger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Poems by Timo Berger
- Report on Deutschlandradio about Timo Berger
- Poems in Spanish
- Latinale website
- Interview about Argentine literature on CULTurMAG
- Berger in the translator database of the VdÜ, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ satt.org: Latin.Log 125: Ezequiel Zaidenwerg. Accessed July 31, 2019 .
- ↑ taz. the daily newspaper: Article by 'Timo Berger' - taz.de. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .
- ^ Journal of cultural exchange: KULTURAUSTAUSCH - the world in one magazine. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Timo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |