Georg Maurer

Georg Maurer ( born March 11, 1907 in Reghin ( Saxon rain) ( Transylvania); † August 4, 1971 in Potsdam ) was a German poet, essayist and translator. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Juventus, murus and Johann Weilau.

Life

Maurer, born on March 11, 1907 as the son of a teacher in Transylvania, in 1926 came to Germany. He studied until 1932 in Leipzig and Berlin art history, German literature and philosophy. He was a soldier in World War II. Since 1955 he was a lecturer, later professor at the Institute of Literature " Johannes R. Becher ," where he had a major influence on the authors of the Saxon school of poetry.

Honors and Awards

  • Literature Prize of the city of Weimar in 1948
  • Johannes R. Becher Price 1961
  • Art Prize of the City of Leipzig 1964
  • National Prize of the GDR 1965
  • F. - C. - Weiskopf - Prize 1972

Works

  • " Eternal Voices", poems, Haessel Verlag Leipzig 1936
  • " Songs of the time," hymns and sonnets, Rupert -Verlag Leipzig 1948
  • " Barefoot " by Zaharia Stancu, translation 1951
  • " Forty-two sonnets " Aufbau Verlag Berlin 1953
  • " The Elements", poems Insel Verlag Leipzig 1955
  • "Poems of ten years ", publishing folk and world Berlin 1956
  • " The Poet and His Time", essays and reviews Aufbau Verlag Berlin 1956
  • " A stormy night " Ion Luca Caragiale by, translation Insel Verlag 1956
  • " Praise of Venus", sonnets publisher of the nation Berlin 1956
  • " Poetic Journey " published by the Nation Berlin in 1959
  • "The Smile of Hiroshima " by Eugen Jebeleanu, Translation Publishing House of the Nation 1960
  • " A Lucky " by ILCaragiale, translation Aufbau Verlag 1961
  • "Three stanza calendar ", poems, Central Hall 1961 ISBN 3-354003-67-7 German publisher
  • " The Notice " new German literature, Issue 8 1962
  • " Faces of Love ", poems, Central German publishing Hall 1964
  • " Circuit ", poems, Insel Verlag Leipzig 1964
  • " In view of the Ancients ", poems, Insel Verlag 1965
  • "Conversations ", poems, Central German publishing Hall 1967
  • "Essay I" means German publishing Hall 1969
  • "Circles", poems, Central German publishing Hall 1970
  • " Experienced world," poems, Central German publishing Hall 1972
  • "Essay II " means German publishing Hall 1973
  • " I sit in the universe on a bench in Rosental " (ed. by Eva Maurer ) Connewitzer Verlagsbuchhandlung 2007 ISBN 3-937799-22-2
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