Michael Hamburger

Michael Peter Leopold Hamburger OBE ( born March 22, 1924 in Berlin -Charlottenburg, † June 7, 2007 in Middleton, Suffolk, England ) was a German - British poet, essayist, literary critic and translator.

Life

Michael Hamburger was born into a Jewish family, the son of the professor of pediatrics Richard Hamburger (1884-1940) and his wife Lili Hamburg, born in Hamburg. His brother Paul Hamlyn (1926-2001) was publisher, philanthropist and peer. Hamburger emigrated in 1933 with his family from Berlin to Edinburgh to London. He attended George Watson School in Edinburgh and Westminster School in London and from 1941 studied German and French at Christ Church College in Oxford. 1943 to 1947 he served as an infantryman in the British Army. He was inducted into Italy and Austria. From 1948 to 1952 he lived as a freelance writer and finished his studies. Then he taught until 1955, German at University College London, then at the University of Reading until 1984. During the 1970s he held several visiting professorships in the United Kingdom and the United States will hold.

In English-speaking criticisms of his new books of poetry were often introduced with the phrase " Michael Hamburger, better known as a translator ." His own poetry was more respected in the German-speaking world, although he did not translated this even in his native language, but also made them translated into German by the Austrian translator Peter Waterhouse.

In addition to the poetry itself Hamburg dedicated to his garden in Middleton and in particular the apple breeding, for which he in England in many circles - next to his fellow poet Ted Hughes - was known as his poetry publications. In 1951 he married Anne and Ellen file, which published several volumes of poetry under the pseudonym Anne Beresford. The marriage produced a son and two daughters were born.

Hamburger was a close friend of WG Sebald, who in his neighborhood ( Poring ) lived, him in his English Pilgrimage " The Rings of Saturn" (p. 208ff. ) Put a monument and the Hamburg transferred several times into English.

Works

Works in German language

  • Poems. English and German. Literary Colloquium, Berlin 1976, ISBN 3-920392-48-5
  • Come home. Selected Poems 1951-1982. Hanser, Munich, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-446-13919-2
  • The glade and other poems. Poems in English / German. Droschl, Vienna -Graz, 1988, ISBN 3-85420-135-4
  • Weather conditions. New Bremer Presse, Bremen, 1989, ISBN 3-926683-19-8 ( = In Suffolk (English ) )
  • The earth in its long slow dream. Poems. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 1994, ISBN 3-85256-016-0 ( = Variations ( dt ) )
  • Tree poems. Bilingual edition. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 1995, ISBN 3-85256-064-0 ( = Tree Poems (German ) from: Collected poems 1941-1994 )
  • Dream poems. Bilingual edition. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 1996, ISBN 3-85256-048-9
  • Indivisible. Poems from six decades. Hanser, Munich - Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-446-19114-3 ( = Collected poems 1941-1994 (German ) )
  • Death poems. Bilingual edition. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 1998, ISBN 3-85256-092-6 (from: Collected poems 1941-1994 and six younger poems)
  • The survival of the planet. Poems. Bilingual edition. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 1999, ISBN 3-85256-119-1 ( = Late ( dt ) )
  • In a cold season. Poems. Bilingual edition. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 2000, ISBN 3-85256-154- X
  • Entertainment with the muse of age. Poems. Hanser, Munich - Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-446-20559-4
  • From a diary of non - events. Poems. Bilingual edition. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 2004, ISBN 3-85256-270-8 ( = From a diary of non events ( dt ) )
  • Entertainment with the muse of age. Poems. Hanser. Munich-Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-446-20559-4
  • Recent poems. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 2009, ISBN 978-3-85256-477-7
  • Lost use. Memories. Fly ash, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-925286-06-3 (= A mug 's game (English ) )
  • Pro Domo. Self-reports, recaps, and other prose. Folio Verlag, Wien -Bozen 2007, ISBN 978-3-85256-344-2
  • Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Two studies. Sachse & Pohl, Göttingen 1964
  • Between the languages. Essays and poems. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1966
  • Reason and rebellion. Essays on social criticism in the German literature. Hanser, Munich 1969, Paperback: Ullstein, Frankfurt -Berlin- Vienna 1974, ISBN 3-548-03024-6 ( = Reason and Energy ( Germany ) )
  • The Dialectics of Modern Poetry. From Baudelaire to concrete poetry. List, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-471-61443-5 ( = The truth of poetry (English ) )
  • Literary experience. Essays .. Luchterhand, Darmstadt and Neuwied 1981, ISBN 3-472-86524-5
  • Truth and poetry. Tensions in modern literature from Baudelaire to the present. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt -Berlin- Vienna, 1985, ISBN 3- 548-35226 -X ( = The truth of poetry (English ) )
  • The survival of poetry. Reports and testimonies. Hanser, München [ et al ] 1993, ISBN 3-446-17522-9
  • Jesse Thoor: the work. Sonnets, songs, stories. European publishing house, Frankfurt 1965

Works in English

  • Flowering Cactus. Poems 1942-1949. Hand & Flower Press, Aldington 1950
  • Poems 1950-1951. Hand & Flower Press, Aldington 1952
  • The dual site. Poems. Routledge & Kegan Paul; London 1958
  • Weather and Season. New Poems. Longmans, London 1963; Atheneum, New York 1963
  • Feeding the Chickadees. Turret Books, London 1968
  • Penguin Modern Poets. No. 14 Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1969 ( with Alan Brown and John Charles Tomlinson )
  • Travelling. Fulcrum Press, London 1969, ISBN 0-85246-044-9
  • Travelling I- V. Agenda Editions, London 1973, ISBN 0-902400-09-6
  • Ownerless Earth. New & Selected Poems. Carcanet Press, Cheadle, Cheshire 1973, ISBN 0-85635-038-9, ISBN 0-85635-039-7
  • Travelling VI. I.M. Imprimit, London 1975
  • Real Estate. Carcanet, Manchester, 1977, ISBN 0-85635-216-0, ISBN 0-85635-234-9
  • Moralities. Morden Tower Publications, Newcastle -upon -Tyne, 1977, ISBN 0-905760-03-4
  • Variations in Suffolk, IV Sceptre Press, Knotting 1980
  • Variations. Carcanet New Press, Manchester, 1981, ISBN 0-85635-354- X
  • In Suffolk. Five Seasons Press, Hereford 1982
  • Collected Poems. From 1941 to 1983. Carcanet Press, Manchester 1984, ISBN 0-85635-497- X
  • Trees. Embers Hand Press, Llangynog, 1988, ISBN 1-871570-01-8
  • Selected Poems. Carcanet, Manchester, 1988, ISBN 0-85635-752-9
  • Roots in the Air Anvil Press Poetry, London, 1991, ISBN 0-85646-243-8
  • Collected Poems. From 1941 to 1994. Anvil Press Poetry, London 1995, ISBN 0-85646-266-7
  • Translate. Anvil Press Poetry, London 1997, ISBN 0-85646-294-2
  • Intersections. Shorter Poems 1994-2000. Anvil Press Poetry, London 2000, ISBN 0-85646-321-3
  • From a Diary of non-events. Anvil Press Poetry, London 2002, ISBN 0-85646-343-4
  • Wild and Wounded. Shorter Poems 2000-2003. Anvil Press Poetry, London 2004, ISBN 0-85646-371- X
  • Circling the Square. Anvil Press Poetry, London 2006, ISBN 0-85646-392-2
  • Testimonies. Selected Shorter Prose 1950-1987. Carcanet, Manchester, 1989, ISBN 0-85635-814-2
  • Michael Hamburger in Conversation with Peter Dale. Between the Lines, London 1998, ISBN 0-9532841-1-5
  • Reason and Energy. Routledge & Paul, London 1957
  • From Prophecy to Exorcism. The Premisses of Modern German Literature. Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1965
  • The Truth of Poetry. Tensions in modern poetry from Baudelaire to the 1960s. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London 1969
  • Art as Second Nature. Carcanet New Press, Cheadle, 1975, ISBN 0-85635-073-7
  • A Proliferation of Prophets. Carcanet Press, Manchester 1983, ISBN 0-85635-467-8
  • After the Second Flood. Essays in Modern German Literature. Carcanet, Manchester, 1986, ISBN 0-85635-636-0
  • A Mug 's Game. Intermittent Memoirs 1924-1954. Carcanet Press, [ Cheadle ] 1973 ( later than String of Beginnings. Intermittent Memoirs 1924-1954. Skoob Books Publishing, London 1991)
  • Poems of Hölderlin. Nicholson & Watson, London 1943 (later than Hölderlin. His Poems Harvill Press, London 1952)
  • Twenty Prose Poems of Baudelaire. Poetry London, London 1946
  • Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Conversations. London, Thames & Hudson 1951
  • Decline. Twelve Poems by G. Trakl. From 1887 to 1914. Latin Press, St Ives 1952
  • Albrecht Goes: The Burnt Offering. Gollancz, London, 1956 ( = The burnt offering (English ) )
  • Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Poems and Verse Plays. Routledge & Paul, London 1961
  • Hölderlin: Selected verses. Penguin Bocks, Harmondsworth / Middlesex 1961
  • Bertolt Brecht: Tales from the Calendar. Methuen, London, 1961 ( = calendar stories (English ) )
  • Modern German Poetry 1910-1960. McGibbon & Kee, London, 1962 ( with Christopher Middleton )
  • Hugo von Hofmannsthal: Selected Plays and Libretti. Routledge & Paul, London 1963
  • Georg Buchner: Lenz. Calder & Boyars, London 1966
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Poems. Northern House, Newcastle-on -Tyne in 1966
  • Günter Grass: Selected Poems. Secker & Warburg, London, 1966 ( with Christopher Middleton )
  • Friedrich Hölderlin: Poems and Fragments. Routledge & Paul, London, 1967 ( Arts Council Translation Prize 1969)
  • Nelly Sachs: O the Chimneys. Selected poems. Cape, London 1968
  • The Poems of Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Secker & Warburg, London 1968
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Poems for People Who Do not Read Poems. Secker & Warburg, London 1968
  • Günter Grass: The Poems of Günter Grass. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Ringwood, 1969 ( with Christopher Middleton )
  • Peter Bichsel: And Really Mrs. Blum Would Very Much Like To Meet The Milkman. Calder and Boyars, London 1968
  • Günter Eich: Journeys. Cape, London 1968
  • Nelly Sachs: Selected Poems. Cape, London 1968
  • Peter Bichsel: Stories for Children. Calder & Boyars, London 1971
  • Paul Celan: Poems. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1972; expanded edition as Poems of Paul Celan. Persea, New York, 1989, ISBN 0-89255-134-8, ISBN 0-89255-140-2 ( European translation prize 1990)
  • East German Poetry. Carcanet Press, South Hinksey 1972, ISBN 0-85635-034-6
  • Peter Huchel: Selected Poems. Carcanet New Press, Cheadle 1974, ISBN 0-85635-097-4, ISBN 0-85635-098-2
  • German Poetry from 1910 to 1975. Carcanet New Press, Manchester, 1977, ISBN 0-916354-08-3, ISBN 0-85635-161- X, ISBN 0-85635-162-8
  • Helmut Heißenbüttel: Texts. Boyars, London 1977, ISBN 0-7145-2590-1, ISBN 0-7145-2589-8
  • Franco Fortini: Poems. Arc Publications, Todmorden 1978, ISBN 0-902771-82-5, ISBN 0-902771-83-3
  • An Unofficial Rilke. Anvil Press Poetry, London 1981, ISBN 0-85646-077- X ( ISBN formally wrong )
  • Peter Huchel: The Garden of Theophrastus. Carcanet New Press, Manchester, 1983, ISBN 0-85635-418- X
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Poems and Epigrams. Anvil Press Poetry, London 1983, ISBN 0-85646-100-8, ISBN 0-85646-099-0
  • Günter Eich: Pigeons and Moles. Skoob Books Publishing, London, 1991, ISBN 1-871438-81-0
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Selected Poems. Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne 1994, ISBN 1-85224-290-6, ISBN 1-85224-291-4
  • Günter Grass: November country. Selected Poems 1956-1993. Harcourt Brace, London 1996, ISBN 0-15-100177-4
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Roman Elegies and Other Poems and Epigrams. Anvil Press Poetry, London 1996, ISBN 0-85646-274-8
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger: Kiosk. Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle upon Tyne 1997, ISBN 1-85224-385-6
  • Ernst Jandl: Sure Thing. Dedalus Press, Dublin 1997, ISBN 1-901233-11-1
  • Friedrich Hölderlin: Selected Poems and Fragments. Penguin Books, London 1998
  • Günter Grass: Selected Poems 1956 to 1993, Faber and Faber, London 1999, ISBN 0-571-19518-0.
  • W. G. Sebald: After Nature. Hamish Hamilton, London 2002, ISBN 0-241-14137-0
  • Rainer Maria Rilke: Turning -point. Miscellaneous Poems 1912-1926. Anvil Press Poetry, London 2003, ISBN 0-85646-353-1
  • Hölderlin 's songs of light. Selected Poems. Crescent Moon, Kidderminster 2003, ISBN 1-86171-027-5
  • Rainer Maria Rilke: Dance the orange. Selected Poems. Crescent Moon, Kidderminster 2003, ISBN 1-86171-031-3
  • W. G. Sebald: Unrecounted. Hamish Hamilton, London 2004, ISBN 0-241-14276-8

Honors

Memberships

Swell

Peter Waterhouse (writer) Georg Trakl Goethe Medal Petrarca-Preis Cholmondeley Award Theo Breuer Integrated Authority File
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