Paul Alfred Kleinert

Paul Alfred Kleinert, German writer, editor and translator, born in Leipzig in 1960

Family roots in Silesia and Danzig
Theological and celtic studies in Berlin/East and West, Edinburgh and Dublin Editor since 1994:

• “Zeitzeichen” (1999-2009)
• “Die Nessing’schen Hefte” (2003-2005)
• “Nordische Reihe” (since 2006) in “pernobilis-edition” Leipzig (since 2007)
• First ever volume of Faroese/German poetry by G.^[1] "Stjørnuakrar /Sternenfelder", translation by A.Nielsen (2006)
• First ever Faroese/German anthology “From Djurhuus to Poulsen – Faroese Poetry during 100 Years”, academic advice: Turið Sigurðardóttir, lineartranslation: Inga Meincke (2007).

Main areas of interest: poetry, short stories and translation from classical languages.

Lives and works in Berlin-Kreuzberg since 1986.

• Fellow of the “Verband deutscher Schriftsteller” (VS Berlin)
• Scholarship by Studienwerk Villigst (1987–1993)
• Working Grant by NGDK Berlin (1997, 1998, 2005, 2006)
• Travelling Grant (Ireland) by Berliner Senat (1998)
• Travelling Grant (Shetland-Isles) by LBV Vienna, (2002)
• "Writer in Residence" in Visby/Gotland/Schweden (2006)
• Travelling Grant (Sweden/Finland) by LBV Vienna (2007)
• Alfred-Müller-Felsenburg-Prize 2009 (together with Sándor Tatár, Budapest/Törökbálint)
• "Writer in Residence" at Künstlerhaus Salzwedel (2010 and 2011)

Books

• "Eine Gedankengeschichte" (lyrical prose, Berlin 1988)
• "Übergangszeit" (poetry, Berlin 1991, 2 editions, together with D. Pfannek am Brunnen and L. Nitzsche-Kornel)
• "Gedichte" (poetry, Vienna/Berlin 1992)
• "Lebensmitte" (poetry, Hamburg 1996).
• "Einträge in's Dasein" (poetry, Aschersleben 1999)
• "Fähren und Fährten" (poetry, Vienna 2001).
• "Lust und Last" (poetry, Berlin 2003)
• "manchmal/olykor" (poetry, German/Hungarian, translation by S. Tatár, Budapest/Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-963-446-468-6)
• "und wieder an Inseln gewiesen" (poetry, Vienna/Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-86703-748-8)
• "Rabensaat/Hollóvetés" (poetry, Berlin 2009, together with S. Tatár, lithographs by V. Scharnefsky, Scharnefsky artist book)
• "um die fünfzig – koło pięćdziesiątki – ötven felé" (poetry with translations into Polish and Hungarian by M. Jakubów and S. Tatár, Budapest 2010, ISBN 978-963-446-558-4)
• "vestigium hominis – ein Jahres- im Lebenskreis" (poetry, Vienna 2012)

Some poems and one short story have been translated into Polish, Russian, English, French, Hungarian, Czech and Bulgarian and have been published in anthologies in those countries

Editor: 38 editions since 1994

• Zeitzeichen
• Nessingsche Hefte
• Nordische Reihe

References and external links

• Books by Paul Alfred Kleinert in the German National Bibliography ("Deutsche Nationalbibliothek")
• "Kürschners Deutscher Literaturkalender" first in 1998
• "Deutsches Autorenlexikon" first in 2000
• Member's page for the "Verband deutscher Schriftsteller in Berlin"
• Personal Page on Lyrikwelt
• Entry in the "Autorenlexikon"

translation by Dr. Aaron von Lifschitz, Wien, publisher (Leopold Brachmann Verlag)

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