Benedikt Ledebur

Benedikt Ledebur (born August 20, 1964) is a poet, essayist and critic based in Vienna, Austria.^[1]

Life and work

Benedikt Ledebur was born 1964 in Munich, lives in Vienna, studied theology in Fribourg, Switzerland, and computer sciences and philosophy in Vienna. His work includes literary critcisms, essays, translations and poems that appeared in various magazines^[2]. Curating and collaborating with artists he was the editor of „Der Ficker“^[3] in 2005 and 2006, a remake of Ludwig von Ficker’s „Der Brenner“. The two editions of "Der Ficker" were published on the occasion of exhibitions in Austria and Belgium showing among other Franz West, Clegg & Guttmann, Rudolf Polanszky and Tamuna Sirbiladze^[4]. Ledebur was the Partner of Sirbiladze^[5] during her last years until her death 2016.

Publications

• Poetisches Opfer,^[6] Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt/Vienna 1998.
• ÜBER/TRANS/LATE/SPÄT,^[7] Onestarpress, Paris 2001.
• Nach John Donne,^[8] Der Pudel, Vienna 2004.
• Genese,^[9] Onomato, Edition Schwarzes Quadrat, Düsseldorf 2008.
• Montaigne: Versuche der Selbstauflösung,^[10] Klever Verlag, Vienna 2010.
• Kuburebi/Baukasten,^[11] Poems and essays, translated into Georgian, Dato Barbakadse (Ed.), Mertskuli-Verlag, Tbilissi 2011.
• Ein Fall für die Philosophie: Über Dichtung, Rhetorik und Mathematik,^[12] Klever Verlag, Vienna 2014.
• Das Paradox des Realen. Essays zur Kunst,^[13] Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna 2015.

Cooperations

• Zwischen den Zeilen, Heft 22,^[2] Urs Engeler (Editor), John Donne - Übersetzungen^[14] Engeler-Verlag, Zurich 2003.
• Zwischen den Zeilen, Heft 23,^[15] Theresia Prammer^[16] (Editor), Ein Gedicht und seine Nachbilder. Zu Übersetzungen von Giacomo Leopardis l´infinito,^[17] Engeler-Verlag, Zurich 2004.
• Zu einer Semiologie der Sinne,^[18] Rudolf Polanszky, Onestarpress, Paris 2005.
• Der Ficker No. 1,^[19] Benedikt Ledebur (Editor), Schlebrügge Editor, Vienna 2005.
• Wolfenbütteler Übersetzergespräche IV - VI,^[20] Olaf Kutzmutz & Adrian La Salvia^[21] (Editor), Translation: Shadowtime / Schattenzeit^[22], by Charles Bernstein, Bundesakademie für kulturelle Bildung, Wolfenbüttel 2006.
• Der Ficker No. 2,^[3] Benedikt Ledebur (Editor), Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna 2006.
• Displacement and Condensation, Franz West,^[23] The Form of Enjoyment: Fragrances Obsessed by Herb, or the Sneeze in Art, Gagosian Gallery, London 2006.
• Aphatischer Muse Rede^[24], Eulogy on Brigitta Falkner, Vienna 2007.
• Das Kosmöschen in chaotischer Auslese, zu Dominik Steigers Ausstellung Kosmöschen Steiger^[25] in the gallery Hohenlohe & Kalb, Vienna 2008.
• Bildsatz,^[26] Franz Josef Czernin, Martin Janda (Editors), on Werner Feiersinger, Du Mont Buchverlag, Cologne 2008.
• Nichts tun, Oswald Egger (Editor), Zum Verhältnis von Dichtung und Mathematik^[27], Das böhmische Dorf, Neuss-Holzheim 2009.
• The Paradox of the Real in Art^[28] in Hyper Real - The Passion of the Real in Painting and Photography ^[29] Walther König, Cologne 2010.
• 4 Schnellgedichte und 6 Schnellzeichnungen,^[30] in: KLEINE AXT, Ulf Stolterfoht (Editor), www.kleineaxt.wordpress.com, 1. November 2010.
• Ethik, Geld, Politik und Poetik - Fragen zum Fall Ezra Pounds, dem Dichter der Pisan Cantos,^[31] in: TIMBER! Eine kollektive Poetologie, Ulf Stolterfoht (Editor), www.timberpoetologie.wordpress.com, 27. Februar 2011.
• Extroversion - A Talk,^[32] with Franz West, Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna 2011.
• Dieter Roths weißes Blatt Gedichte,^[33] kalmenzone literary magazine, No. 7, www.kalmenzone.de, Cornelius van Alsum (Ed.), April 2015.
• Proof,^[34] Michael Huey, Peter Bogner (Hrsg.), Friedrich Kiesler Foundation, Vienna 2015.
• Translinear Structures,^[35] Rudolf Polanszky, Andrea Schantl (Ed.), The Poetic Character of the Meaningless,^[36] Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2015.
• Tamuna Sirbiladze - Eve's apple, in memory,^[37] curated by Benedikt Ledebur, Charim Galerie, Vienna 2016.

Awards

• 2015: Art Critics Award^[38]

References