Paul Alfred Kleinert
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(german author, editor and translator)
Born 1960 in Leipzig, son of parents with roots in Silesia and Danzig, studied theo- and keltology in Berlin/Ost und West, Edinburgh and Dublin, since 1994 editor, edition of “Zeitzeichen”-seria since 1999, from 2003 to 05 “Die Nessing’schen Hefte” and from 2007 onwards “Nordische Reihe” in “pernobilis-edition” Leipzig. 2006 edition of the the first volume of Faroese/ German (translation by A.Nielsen) poetry by G.Helmsdal "Stjørnuakrar /Sternenfelder" and “A végesség kesernyés v... /Endlichkeit mit bittrem Trost” by Sándor Tatár (hungarian/ german, adaptions by various poets), 2007 will be edited the anthology “From Djurhuus to Poulsen – Faroese Poetry during 100 Years” (for more details see www.lyrikwelt.de/ Service/ Sonderseiten/ Nordische Reihe). Head working fields: poetry, short stories and translations from the classical languages. Lives and works in Berlin-Kreuzberg since 1986.
Fellow of “Verband deutscher Schriftsteller”(VS Berlin – www.vs-in-berlin.de)
- scholarship by Studienwerk Villigst von 1987 - 1993,
- working grants by NGDK Berlin 1997, 1998, 2005 und 2006. *travelling grant (Ireland) by Berliner Senat (1998);
travelling grant (Shetland-Isles) by LBV Wien, (2002); "writer in residence" in Visby/Gotland/Schweden (2006);
travelling grant (Sweden/Finland) by LBV Wien (2007)
Books
- "Eine Gedankengeschichte" (lyrical prose, Berlin 1988)
- "Übergangszeit" (poems, Berlin 1991, 2 Auflagen, together with D.Pfannek am Brunnen and L.Nitzsche-Kornel)
- "Gedichte" (poems, Wien/Berlin 1992)
- "Lebensmitte" (poems, Hamburg 1996). Einträge in's Dasein,
- Gedichte (poems, Aschersleben 1999)
- "Fähren und Fährten" (poems, Wien 2001).
- "Lust und Last" (poems, Berlin 2003)
- Some poetry and one short story have been translated into Polish, Russian, English, French, Hungarian und Tschech and published in those countries in anthologies
References and external links
- "Kürschners Deutscher Literaturkalender" first in 1998
- "Deutsches Autorenlexikon" first in 2000
- in internet: www.vs-in-berlin.de/ Mitglieder, www.lyrikwelt.de / Autoren, www.literaturport.de / Autorenlexikon
translation by Dr. Aaron von Lifschitz, Wien, publisher (Leopold Brachmann Verlag)
