Ananym

The ananym (Greek ana according Anonyma name) is a special form of the pseudonym or the anagram, in which the letters of a name in a) any order changed or b ) are written in exactly the reverse order to form a new name. Examples of ( a) the writer Hans C. Mayer, Jean Amery which called itself, and the poet Paul Celan, who originally Ancel said. An example of ( b ) is the author Kurt Wilhelm Marek, known under the name CW Ceram.

Literary Ananyme

In the literature Ananyme often have the task to characterize the carrier name, so act of interpretation. Examples: In the novel, Timm Thaler by James Kruss is, the evil opponent Baron Lefuet, a ananym for devil. In a volume of the " Harry Potter " series, the name Tom Marvolo Riddle is riddled to is Lord Voldemort.

Uses a writer for one of his characters one of the few names that sound both from the front as from the back read the same ( or very similar ) ( Aga, Anna, Anina, Ad ( d ) a, Hanna ( h), Bob, Ede, Otto ), so he uses basically a palindromic Ananyms, which under certain circumstances, ie when other analytical aspects, such as context, etymology, etc., which do not contradict, can point to the self- identity of the name carrier: No matter from which perspective you look at this character (or its name ), it remains the same: either changed it not, or she is faithful to, or is not easily fazed or she is particularly stubborn, obstinate, etc. Examples: Hanna in Max Frisch's novel Homo Faber or Hanna Bernhard Schlink's novel the Reader in.

However, the palindromic unison as a chosen name can also just similar only on a boring character, on a typical average person refer to it as the redensartlich become ordinary consumers Berlin from Stemmles movie ballad. However, the same phenomenon also bring the opposite expression and example indicate someone of particular " craziness " on someone who puts things upside down and / or turning heads other. The best known example: Anna Blume in Kurt Schwitters ' famous Dadaist poem. If you " from behind as from the front " ( Kurt Schwitters ), this can be similar to the symbol of the circle, and ultimately even point to an extraordinary perfection, again, see Anna Blume.

Other well-known examples

• Alucard is a ananym of the name Dracula.
• Theodor Seuss Geisel also used the name Theo LeSieg.
• Erich Maria Remarque, Erich Paul Remark was born as, was assumed by the Nazis, he was actually hot Kramer and deny this. The rumor should undermine his credibility.
• Michel Leiris created in the surrealist autobiographical novel, the figure of Damoclès Siriel.
• The chemical company AllessaChemie is in the tradition of Cassella.
• In the film, Blueprint is called Iris's cloned daughter Siri.
• The protagonist of the bastard - Assistant -from -Hell - series Leisch is the ananym the author Florian Schiel.
• The German musician Frank Möller chose Knarf Rellöm, the ananym his name, as a stage name.
• The actress, TV presenter, DJ, and model Giulia Siegel previously used the pseudonym Giulia Legeis.
• The rapper Caput named after the rapper Tupac Shakur.
• The Belgian cartoonist Georges Prosper Remi exchanged his initials GR and called himself Hergé, after the French pronunciation of the letters.
• In the novel, The Big Silence by Albert Sánchez Piñol called apostate mermaids Aneris, referring to the ancient Sirena. The name of their people Citauca points to their origin: Acuatic.
• The poet and philosopher Solomon Friedlaender wrote his satires under the name Mynona. He also published the alleged ananym for Remarque.
• The Peruvian singer Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo appeared under the name of Yma Sumac. During her stay in the U.S. was rumored that she was born in Brooklyn as Amy Camus.
• The metal band Suidakra is named after the singer and co-founder of ananym Arcadius Antonik.
• Walter Moers used in his books The City of Dreaming Books and The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books Ananyme many famous writers and musicians as the name of fictitious artists. Thus, from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ohjann Golgo van Fontheweg.