James Stephens (author)
James Stephens (* February 2, 1882 Dublin, † December 26, 1950 in London) was an Irish writer who wrote poems and short stories. Stephens himself gave his birthday with the February 2, 1882, but it is also given February 9, 1880.
Life
Stephens grew up in a slum area of Dublin on, never went to school and taught himself to read and write at an autodidact. He wrote before the First World War novels and poetry, while earning a living with office work. His first published book, which came about through the friendship Stephens ' with George William Russell, 1909 was a volume of poems called insurrections. His novella Crock of Gold from 1912 was the year after the Polinac price. A selection of his poetry collection The Hill of vision was taken up by Edward Marsh Georgian Poetry 1911-1912 in the collection. In Georgian Poetry 1913-1915 a selection appeared from the band Songs from the Clay and in Georgian Poetry 1916-1917 a selection from The Adventures of Seumas Beg
Stephens studied Irish literature and mythology, explored the Gaelic and worked as a journalist. He supported Sinn Féin and gave out anthologies of Irish literature. In 1916 he published a report under the title The Insurrection in Dublin over the Easter Rising. Stephens not only takes in his novel Crock of gold on an Irish theme, he also tells Irish legends in the band Irish Fairy Tales ( 1920) by.
From 1920-1924 Stephens worked as a registrar for the Irish National Gallery. After that, he lived in London and Paris. From 1925 to 1935 Stephens traveled regularly for Lesesungen to America. 1927 began his friendship with James Joyce. In 1932 he was one of the founders of the Irish Academy of Letters. From 1937 until his death in 1950, he worked regularly for the BBC.
German editions
- Fionn the hero and other Irish legends ( translated by Ida Friederike Gorres ), Herder Publisher: Freiburg 1936. Reproduction in JC Mellinger Publisher: Stuttgart 1981.
- Re: The Golden Hoard ( translated by Joachim Kalka ), Klett-Cotta: Stuttgart 1985.