- Paul Alfred Kleinert
Paul Alfred Kleinert, German writer, editor and translator, born in
Leipzig in 1960
Family roots inSilesia andDanzig
Theological andceltic studies in Berlin/East and West, Edinburgh and DublinEditor since 1994:
*“Zeitzeichen” (since 1999)
*“Die Nessing’schen Hefte” (2003-2005)
*“Nordische Reihe” (since 2006) in “pernobilis-edition” Leipzig (since 2007)
*First ever volume of Faroese/German poetry by G.Helmsdal "Stjørnuakrar /Sternenfelder", translation by A.Nielsen (2006)
*First ever Faroese/German anthology “From Djurhuus to Poulsen – Faroese Poetry during 100 Years” (2007).Main areas of interest: poetry, short stories and translation from classical languages.
Lives and works in Berlin-Kreuzberg since 1986.
*Fellow of “Verband deutscher Schriftsteller” (VS Berlin – www.vs-in-berlin.de)
*Scholarship by Studienwerk Villigst (1987-1993)
*Working Grant by NGDK Berlin (1997, 1998, 2005, 2006)
*Travelling Grant (Ireland) by Berliner Senat (1998)
*Travelling Grant (Shetland-Isles) by LBV Vienna, (2002)
*"Writer in Residence" in Visby/Gotland/Schweden (2006)
*Travelling Grant (Sweden/Finland) by LBV Vienna (2007)Books
*"Eine Gedankengeschichte" (lyrical prose, Berlin 1988)
*"Übergangszeit" (poetry, Berlin 1991, 2 editions, together with D. Pfannek am Brunnen and L. Nitzsche-Kornel)
*"Gedichte" (poetry, Vienna/Berlin 1992)
*"Lebensmitte" (poetry, Hamburg 1996).
*"Einträge in's Dasein" (poetry, Aschersleben 1999)
*"Fähren und Fährten" (poetry, Vienna 2001).
*"Lust und Last" (poetry, Berlin 2003)
*"manchmal/olykor" (poetry, German/Hungarian, Budapest/Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-963-446-468-6)
*"und wieder an Inseln gewiesen" (poetry, Vienna/Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-86703-748-8)Some poems and one short story have been translated into Polish, Russian, English, French, Hungarian, Czech and Bulgarian and have been published in anthologies in those countries
Editor: 35 editions since 1994 (http://www.lyrikwelt.de/sonderseite-zeitzeichen.htm, http://www.lyrikwelt.de/sonderseite-nessingsche.htm, http://www.lyrikwelt.de/sonderseite-nordischereihe.htm)
References and external links
*"Kürschners Deutscher Literaturkalender" first in 1998
*"Deutsches Autorenlexikon" first in 2000
*http://www.vs-in-berlin.de/mitglieder/kleinertpa.html
*http://www.lyrikwelt.de/autoren/kleinert.htm.
*http://www.literaturport.de/index.php?id=26&no_cache=1&user_autorenlexikonfrontend_pi1translation by Dr. Aaron von Lifschitz, Wien, publisher (Leopold Brachmann Verlag)
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