Walter Hoyer (literary scholar)
Walter Hoyer (born February 15, 1893 in Markneukirchen ) was a German literary theorist, translator and author. The senior director of studies was head of the Reichsschule des Deutschen Buchhandels and later library director in Leipzig .
Life
Hoyer received his doctorate in Leipzig in 1922 with a thesis on fabric and design under Georg Büchner . In the 1920s and 1930s he revised the text of classic editions, published literary treatises, and later books, and translated important works from French. During the National Socialist era, Hoyer was involved in establishing the new relationship between politics and poetry.
Hoyer's literary translations are still available in stores today and are published by Suhrkamp , among others .
Translations
- Alexandre Dumas the Younger : The Lady of the Camellias . island pocket book, ISBN 3458346430
- Honoré de Balzac : Eugénie Grandet . Leipzig: H. Fikentscher 1927.
- Alain-René Lesage : The Limping Devil . Leipzig: Dieterich 1952.
- Antoine-François Prévost d'Exiles : The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and the Manon Lescaut . Leipzig: Dieterich 1950.
- Stendhal : About love . island pocket book, ISBN 3458349626
literature
- Association of Librarians at Public Libraries: Book and Library , Verlag Documentation 1980, p. 1012
- Joachim Ret, Egon Sartorius, Helmut Donner, Hans Heininger: Writers of the German Democratic Republic , page 74, Central Institute for Libraries (ed.), VEB Verlag für Buch- und Bibliothekwesen, 1961
- Wilhelm Kosch, Bruno Berger, Heinz Rupp, Carl Ludwig Lang: German Literature Lexicon. Biographical-bibliographical handbook , page 170, Francke Verlag, 1968
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Hoyer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Karl Müller: Karl Heinrich Waggerl. A biography with pictures, texts and documents. Salzburg u. a .: Müller 1997, p. 174
- ↑ Portrait of Walter Hoyer on www.suhrkamp.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoyer, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary theorist, translator and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Markneukirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |