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
- 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 | |
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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 |