Wenceslav Konstantinov
Wenzeslav Konstantinow (also written Ventseslav Konstantinov , Bulgarian Венцеслав Константинов ; born September 14, 1940 in Sofia ; † April 22, 2019 ) was a Bulgarian writer , aphorist and translator of German-language literature .
Life
Konstantinov was born in Sofia as the son of a music professor. He graduated in Germanic studies and philosophy and wrote a thesis on the effects of German literary expressionism on Bulgarian poetry in the interwar period. Since 1987 he has been a lecturer for translation of German-language poetry at the University of Sofia .
1991–1992 Konstantinow stayed in Berlin as part of the DAAD's Berlin artist program . He lectured and took part in conferences in Berlin, Leipzig , Marburg , Vienna , Prague , Bern , Zurich and Lausanne . 1993–1994 Konstantinow spent in Geneseo, Livingston County (New York) , at the State University of New York there .
He has published poems, essays and radio reports on German, Austrian, Swiss and Bulgarian literature as well as publications on Hans Sachs , Goethe , Schiller , Hölderlin , ETA Hoffmann , Nikolaus Lenau , Thomas Mann , Hermann Hesse , Franz Kafka , Bertolt Brecht , Lion Feuchtwanger , Stefan Zweig , Ödön von Horváth , Elias Canetti , Max Frisch , Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Heinrich Böll , Alfred Andersch , Martin Walser , Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Christoph Meckel .
His book translations amount to 80 volumes.
Konstantinov lived in Sofia and the village of Solishta in the Rhodope Mountains as a freelance writer and translator.
honors and awards
- 1993: Translation Prize from the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture , Vienna
- 2006: Prize of the Bulgarian Translators Association for the complete work
- 2013: Literature Prize of the City of Sofia for the anthology "The Great German Poets from the 12th to the 20th Century" (2012)
Works (selection)
Books
Writer about the work of art
The flute of the dream
Tapestry canvas, embroidered with devil tails
The secret life of the rain
The invisible certain things
The laugh of the owl
German literary rooms
From Tannhäuser to Schumacher
Fogging the grasshopper
Socrates' cat
- 2007: Writer on the work of art . Essays, Sofia, LiK, 276 pp.
- 2010: The flute of the dream . Literary Studies, Sofia, Ciela, 288 pp.
- 2011: Tapestry canvas, embroidered with devil tails . Essays, Sofia, Ciela, 148 pp.
- 2012: The secret life of the rain . Aphorisms, Sofia, Ciela, 278 pp.
- 2013: The invisible certain things . Poems, Sofia, Ab, 32 pp.
- 2014: The Owl's Laughter . Aphorisms, Sofia, Ab, 230 pp.
- 2014: German Literature Rooms . Essays, Sofia, Iztok-Zapad, 176 pp.
- 2016: From Tannhäuser to Schumacher . Essays, Sofia, Iztok-Zapad, 128 pp.
- 2017: Fogging of the grasshopper. Roman of memories , Sofia, Iztok-Zapad, 318 pp.
- 2018: Socrates' cat . Aphorisms, Sofia, Colibri, 196 pp.
Anthologies
- Austrian narrator. An anthology. Sofia, Narodna kultura, 1981, 344 pp.
- At the tree line. 10 German-speaking narrators of the 20th century, BZNS, 1983, 490 pp.
- I touch your hand gently. Poets from all over the world about mother. 1989
- WELTLICHT, anthology of German poetry from the beginning to the present. Preface, compilation and Bulgarian revisions by Wenceslav Konstantinov. 2004-2008
- FLÖTENTRAUM, anthology of German storytellers of the 20th century. Preface, compilation and translation into Bulgarian by Wenceslav Konstantinov. 2006-2009
- German essays and studies from the 20th century. Compilation and translation into Bulgarian by Wenceslav Konstantinov. 2009
- "I dream of you so quietly". German love poetry from the beginning to the present. Compilation and Bulgarian poetry by Wenceslav Konstantinov. 2004-2008
- The Great German Poets from the 12th to the 20th Century. An anthology by Wenzeslav Konstantinov , Sofia, Ciela, 2012, 392 pp.
- 66 German poets of the present. An anthology by Wenzeslav Konstantinov , Russe, Elias Canetti Verlag, 2018, 628 pp.
Essays (in German)
- Jura Soyfer and Elias Canetti. Two fates of poets in Vienna between the wars , “Jura Soyfer. Journal of the Jura Soyfer Society “, Vienna, 2, 1992
- Paradoxes sur le Traducteur. The machine as a deuter? The art of translation in the tense relationship to computer mediation , "Literarisches Colloquium Berlin", 1992
- The poet and his executioner. Censorship deletions in Dürrenmatt's novel “Der Verdacht” , University of Zurich, 1992
- In search of the lost identity. Bulgarian literature in transition , University of Bern, 1992
- The fight between the dead. Orthodox and Islamic religion in communist Bulgaria , "Europäische Rundschau", Vienna, 3, 1992
- "In the grand plan of history ..." The image of Switzerland in communist Bulgaria , "Image and encounter" , Basel & Frankfurt a. M., 1996
- Elias Canetti - An Austrian Writer? Metamorphoses between Rustschuk and Vienna , "TRANS", Internet magazine for cultural studies, Vienna, 7th issue, September 1999
editor
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Selected Poetry. 1979
- Max Frisch, diaries. 2 vols. 1979
- Ödön von Horvath, the eternal philistine. Selected prose. 1983
- Ilse Aichinger, mirror story. Selected prose. 1984
- Stefan Zweig, The European Thought. Selected essays. 1985
- Thomas Mann, letters. 2 vols. 1988–1989
Editor and translator
- Bodo Uhse, march out in September. Selected stories. 1967
- Erich Kästner, is existentialism curable? Selected stories. 1968
- Lion Feuchtwanger, Das Haus am Grünen Weg. Selected stories. 1981
- Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis. Selected stories. 1982
- Martin Walser, a fleeing horse. Selected stories. 1982
- Bertolt Brecht, The Trophies of Lucullus. Selected stories. 1983
- Christoph Meckel, hotel for sleepwalkers. Selected poems. 1984
- Hermann Hesse, The stolen suitcase. Selected stories. 1986
- Kurt Tucholsky, interview with myself. Poems and stories. 1986
- Heinrich Böll, The Dwarf and the Doll. Selected stories. 1987
- Alfred Andersch, Diana with the flute player. Selected stories. 1988
- Erich Kästner, factual romance. Poetry and prose. 2009
- Franz Kafka, In the penal colony. Selected stories. 2010
- Heinrich Böll, Selected Stories. 2012
Book translations
- Bertolt Brecht, The Life of Galileo. Play. 1964
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Suspicion. Novel. 1972, 1984, 1989
- Erich Maria Remarque, Heaven knows no minions. Novel. 1972, 1985, 2009
- Stefan Zweig, chess novella. 1973, 1987, 2013
- Max Frisch, Homo Faber. Novel. 1973, 1981, 1995, 2012
- Bertolt Brecht, Calendar Stories. Poems and stories. 1975
- Max Frisch, Stiller. Novel. 1978, 1982, 2011
- Max Frisch, Don Juan or the love of geometry. Comedy. 1979
- Bertolt Brecht, Small Organon for the Theater. 1979
- Henrik Ibsen, builder Solness. Drama. 1979
- Elias Canetti, wedding. Drama. 1980
- Bernhard Kellermann, The tunnel. Novel. 1980
- Joachim Kupsch, The Book of Chons. Novel. 1980
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Tunnel. Narrative. 1981
- Max Frisch, Man appears in the Holocene. Narrative. 1984
- Bertolt Brecht, Small Organon for the Theater. Essay. 1985
- Bertolt Brecht, The interrogation of Lukullus. Radio play. 1985
- Peter Hacks, Peace. One piece. 1985
- Peter Hacks, The beautiful Helene. One piece. 1986
- Walter Benjamin, The work of art in the age of its technical reproducibility. Essay. 1986
- Katja Mann, My unwritten memoirs. 1989
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger. The sinking of the Titanic. A comedy. 1990
- Friedrich Christian Delius, Mogadishu window seat. Novel. 1992
- Stefan Zweig, The legend of the third pigeon. Narrative. 2003
- Erich Kästner, the gentleman made of glass. Stories. 2016
- Rainer Maria Rilke, letters to a young poet. 2016
- Lion Feuchtwanger, Nero's death. Stories. 2018
Translated authors
Alphabetical list of the German-speaking authors transferred by Wenzeslaw Konstantinow:
Web links
- Emil Bassat: "Between music and literature or about a temptation" , "SN" as a guest of Wenzeslaw Konstantinow, "Sofioter Nachrichten", Sofia, May 16, 1984.
- Емил Басат: "Самопризнанията на един изкушен изкусител" , interview with Wenceslav Konstantinow, Panorama, 11, 2009. (bulg.)
- Literature by and about Wenzeslaw Konstantinow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Wenzeslaw Konstantinow in libraries by ( WorldCat Catalog )
- Homepage of Wenceslav Konstantinow (bulg.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Венцеслав Константинов , LiterNet 2001-2009. Visited on February 13, 2001
- ↑ A conversation with Wenzeslav Konstantinov about German classics in Bulgaria, Wilhelm Tell, Faust and Lorelei , Zitty , Berlin, No. 4, February 13, 1992
- ↑ Hans Mühlethaler - Dürrenmatt for Bulgaria , Der Bund, Bern, Friday, No. 49, February 28, 1992
- ↑ Maureen Hegarty - Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence to Focus on Thoreau during Tenure on Campus , The Geneseo Compass, Geneseo, New York, USA, Vol. 23, no. 9 May 7, 1993
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konstantinov, Wenceslav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Konstantinov, Ventseslav; Konstantinov, Venceslav; Константинов, Венцеслав (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian writer and translator of German-language literature |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sofia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 2019 |