Claudia Schmölders

Claudia Schmölders, well Claudia Henn - Schmölders, ( born October 25, 1944 in Heidelberg ) is a German cultural studies scholar, writer and translator.

Life

Claudia Schmölders holds a degree in German philology, musicology and philosophy at universities in Cologne, Zurich, Berlin and New York. In 1973 she received her doctorate at the Free University of Berlin as a doctor of philosophy. Between 1975 and 1999 she worked as a freelance journalist, editor and editor for various publishers; next she has taught at the Universities of Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin. In 1991 she arrived, as a fellow at the Maison des Sciences de l' Homme in Paris, 1991/92 she was a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin. In 1997 she qualified as a professor at the Humboldt University with a thesis on the history of physiognomy; since 1998 she has been a lecturer at the Cultural Science at the Humboldt University.

Claudia Schmölders deals as a scientist, among others, the history of physiognomy and courtesy in Europe. In addition, she has numerous literary anthologies as well as the series " Famous Couples " published in the Random House (30 vols ). Even as a translator of narrative literature and children's books from English they become apparent.

Since 2000 Claudia Schmölders is a member of PEN Center Germany. In 2004 she received the Heinrich Mann Prize of the Berlin- Brandenburg Academy of Arts. In 2010 she was appointed a full member of the German Academy for Language and Literature.

Works

  • Simplicity, naivete, simplicity. Studies on the aesthetic terminology in France and Germany in 1674 to 177, Zurich 1974
  • The strength of silence, listed by word of mouth autobiography of Marion Yorck von Wartenberg Cologne, 1984; 5th edition 1995
  • The prejudice in the body. An introduction to the physiognomy, Berlin 1995; 3rd edition 2007
  • Hitler's face. A physiognomic biography, Munich 2000; Hitler 's Face. A Biography of an Image. Philadelphia 2005

Editorship

  • Jules Verne: The Great Navigators and Discoverers, Zurich 1974
  • About Balzac, Zurich, 1977; 1993; 3 extended edition Zurich 2007
  • About Simenon, Zurich 1978
  • The art of conversation. Texts on the history of European conversation theory, Munich 1979, 1986
  • From paradise and other gardens, Cologne 1983
  • The wild woman, Cologne 1983 passim
  • The fairytale - Ark, Cologne 1984
  • German letters, Frankfurt am Main 1987 passim
  • The storybook, Frankfurt am Main 1987
  • Invitation to eat, Frankfurt am Main 1989 passim
  • Japan, island Almanac, Frankfurt am Main 1989 ( together with Irmela Hijiya - Kirschnereit )
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: With Goethe through the garden, Frankfurt am Main 1989
  • Love declarations, Berlin 1993
  • The Invention of Love. Famous testimonies from three millennia, Munich 1996 passim
  • The eccentric views. Conversation about physiognomy, Berlin 1996
  • German children. 17 Biographical Portraits, Berlin 1997
  • Faces of the Weimar Republic. A physiognomic cultural history, Cologne 2000, together with a couple Sander L. Gilman

Translations

  • Valmiki: The Ramayana, Cologne, 1984; 7th edition 2004
  • Jean de Brunhoff: The Story of Babar, the little elephant, Zurich 1976
  • Ernest W. Hornung Raffles, the thief in the night, Zurich 1976
  • William Somerset Maugham: Rosie and the artists Zurich 1973 ( translated together with Hans Kauder )
  • Beatrix Potter: The collected adventures of Peter Rabbit, Zurich 1986
  • Ennis Rees cat and fox and dog and lobster, Zurich 1976
  • Maurice Sendak: What do you do then, Zurich 1973?
  • Maurice Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are, Zurich 1967
  • Tomi Ungerer: The Hat, Zurich 1972
  • Herbert George Wells: The War of the Worlds, Zurich 1974 (translated together with GA Crüwell )
  • Herbert George Wells: The Invisible Man, Zurich, 1974 ( translated with Alfred Winternitz )
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