Adam Zagajewski
Adam Zagajewski ( born June 21, 1945 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR ) is a Polish writer, poet and essayist.
Life
Adam Zagajewski spent his childhood and school years in Gliwice and studied psychology and philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He made his debut in 1972 as a poet and belonged to the movement Nowa Fala ( New Wave ) on. Zagajewski is a member of the Polish Writers' Union (since 1972), the PEN (since 1978) and the Academy of Arts (Berlin).
In 1975, he signed the letter of 59 in which 66 Polish intellectuals openly stood against a constitutional amendment that, among other things should anchor the leading role of the Communist Party of Poland and the alliance with the USSR in the Constitution. In 1976, he joined as a civil rights activist the Committee for the Defense of Workers ( Komitet Obrony Robotników, KOR ) to. The critique of the communist regime, his books were occupied in the People's Republic of Poland from 1976 to 1989 with a publication ban. After the imposition of martial law in Poland Zagajewski was 1981/82 over West Berlin and the U.S. into exile in Paris. From 1988, he worked as a visiting professor at the University of Houston. In 2002 he returned to Poland; He lives with his wife in Krakow.
Since 2007 Zagajewski teaches literature at the University of Chicago.
Work
The works of Adam Zagajewski were transferred inter alia, the Slavic scholar Karl Dedecius, Christa Vogel and Henryk Bereska into German and as the works of many other Polish authors in Carl Hanser Verlag published. Translated into German poetry and essays appear regularly in the Zagajewskis issued by the Academy of Arts magazine meaning and form.
The literary works Zagajewskis turn against political ideologies and want to promote a new way of thinking. With his characteristic irony, he tried to inspire people to a new world view. The strengthening of bridges between East and West, but also between Europe and America is it always a concern.
The FAZ designated Zagajewski once called " the most important poet of Poland"; Andreas Dorschel calls his poems " welthaltig and thoughtfully ."
Works (selection)
Poetry
- Komunikat (1972)
- Sklepy Mięsne (1975 )
- List. Oda do wielości (1983 )
- Jechać do Lvova (1985 )
- Płótno (1990)
- Ziemia ognista (1994 )
- Trzej aniołowie (1998)
- Pragnienie (1999)
- Powrót (2003)
- Anteny (2005)
- Niewidzialna ręka (2009)
- Hourly news. Poems from ten years (1987 )
- Poems (1989 )
- Mysticism for Beginners ( 1997)
- The meadows of Burgundy. Selected Poems (2003)
- Invisible Hand. Selection of poems. Translated by Renate Schmidgall, Hanser, Munich 2012
Novels
- Ciepło, zimno (1975 )
- SLUCH absolutny (1979 )
- Cienka Kreska (1983 )
- Absolute pitch (1982 )
- The thin line (1985 )
Essay writing
- Swiat nieprzedstawiony (1974 )
- Drugi oddech (1978 )
- Solidarność i samotność (1986 )
- Dwa miasta (1991 )
- W cudzym pięknie (1998)
- Obrona żarliwości (2002)
- Poeta rozmawia z filozofem (2007)
- Lekka przesada (2011)
- Poland. State in the shadow of the Soviet Union ( 1987)
- I float over Krakow: memory-images (2000)
- In memoriam Henryk Bereska. In: meaning and form 4/2006, p 465
- Fragments of a non-existent diary. In: meaning and form 4/2008, pp. 437-447
- The defense of the Fall ( 2008)
- Martyrs and comedians How was the poetry in the 20th century?. In: Sinn und Form 5/2009, pp. 662-666
- About the fidelity. Imre Kertész ' patient work on the myth of the novel. In: Sinn und Form 6/2009, pp. 751-756
- A young classic. About Sándor Marai. In: meaning and form 2/2010, pp. 220-225
- Our Europe. In: meaning and form 1/2011, pp. 5-10
Awards (selection)
- Kościelski Price ( 1975)
- Tomas Tranströmerpriset (2000)
- Literature Prize of the Konrad -Adenauer -Stiftung (2002)
- Horst- Bienek Prize for Poetry (2002)
- Würth-Literatur-Preis/Tübinger poetry chair (2003)
- Neustadt International Prize for Literature ( 2004)
- Spycher Literature Price Leuk (2005)
- Samuel Bogumil Linde Price ( 2009)
- Eichendorff Prize for Literature (2014)