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Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 11 November 1929) is a German author, poet, translator and editor. He has also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr.

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Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Hans Magnus Enzensberger in Warsaw, 2006.
Born	(1929-11-11) 11 November 1929 (age 92) Kaufbeuren, Germany
Pen name	Andreas Thalmayr
Language	German
Genres	poetry, essay, novel

Life

Enzensberger was born in 1929 in Kaufbeuren, a small town in Bavaria and is the eldest of four boys.[1] He is part of the last generation of intellectuals whose writing was shaped by first-hand experience of the Third Reich.[2] The Enzensberger family moved to Nuremberg, the ceremonial birthplace of National Socialism, in 1931.[1] Julius Streicher, the founder and publisher of Der Stürmer, was their next-door neighbour. Hans Magnus joined the Hitler Youth in his teens, but was expelled soon afterwards. "I have always been incapable of being a good comrade. I can't stay in line. It's not in my character. It may be a defect, but I can't help it."[1]

Enzensberger studied literature and philosophy at the universities of Erlangen, Freiburg and Hamburg, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1955 for a thesis about Clemens Brentano's poetry.[3] Until 1957 he worked as a radio editor in Stuttgart. He participated in several gatherings of Group 47. Between 1965 and 1975 he lived briefly in the US and Cuba[4] and edited the magazine Das Kursbuch.[5] Since 1985 he has been the editor of the prestigious book series Die Andere Bibliothek, published in Frankfurt, and now containing almost 250 titles.[6] Together with Gaston Salvatore, Enzensberger was the founder of the monthly TransAtlantik.[7] His own work has been translated into more than 40 languages.[3]

Enzensberger is the older brother of the author Christian Enzensberger.[8]

He lives in Munich.

Work

Enzensberger has a sarcastic, ironic tone in many of his poems.[9] For example, the poem "Middle Class Blues" consists of various typicalities of middle class life, with the phrase "we can't complain" repeated several times, and concludes with "what are we waiting for?". Many of his poems also feature themes of civil unrest over economic and class based issues. Though primarily a poet and essayist, he also makes excursions into theater, film, opera, radio drama, reportage, translation. He has written novels and several books for children (including The Number Devil, an exploration of mathematics) and is co-author of a book for German as a foreign language (Die Suche). He also invented and collaborated in the construction of a machine which automatically composes poems. It was used during the 2006 Football World Cup to commentate on games.[10][11]

With Irene Dische he wrote the libretto for Aulis Sallinen's fifth opera The Palace.[12]

In 2009, Enzensberger received a special Lifetime Recognition Award given by the trustees of the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry,[3] which also awards the annual Griffin Poetry Prize.

Honors received

• 1963 Georg Büchner Prize
• 1980 Golden Wreath of Struga Poetry Evenings
• 1985 Heinrich-Böll-Preis
• 1993 Erich-Maria-Remarque-Friedenspreis; see also Erich Maria Remarque
• 1998 Heinrich Heine Prize of Düsseldorf
• 1999 Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts[13]
• 2002 Prince of Asturias Communications and Humanities award
• 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award
• 2009 Sonningprisen – awarded for "commendable work for the benefit of European culture"
• 2012 Enzensberger is set to receive an honorary degree from Bard College in New York[14]
• 2017 Poetry and People International Poetry Prize

Published works

Bibliography (English)

Articles

• "Tour of the City". Telos 29 (Fall 1976). New York: Telos Press.

References

Further reading

• Martin Fritsche: Hans Magnus Enzensbergers produktionsorientierte Moral. Konstanten in der Ästhetik eines Widersachers der Gleichheit. Dissertation, Technische Universität Berlin; Peter Lang, Bern u. a. 1997, 264 S., gebunden, ISBN 978-3-906757-91-9. (Zur politischen Haltung, politischen Polemik und Provokation im Werk Enzensbergers.)
• Rommerskirchen, Theo: Hans Magnus Enzensberger. In: viva signatur si! Remagen-Rolandseck 2005, ISBN 978-3-926943-85-9.
• Barbey, Rainer: Unheimliche Fortschritte. Natur, Technik und Mechanisierung im Werk von Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Dissertation, Universität Regensburg; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007, 248 S., gebunden, ISBN 978-3-89971-345-9, Inhaltsverzeichnis (PDF), Einleitung (PDF).
• Francisco Adolfo Aristizábal Cuervo: Der Dichter als Übersetzer: Auf Spurensuche: Hans Magnus Enzensbergers Übersetzungsmethode(n). Tectum Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8288-9697-0.
• Park, Hyun Jeong: „Das Ende der Welt ist vielleicht nur ein Provisorium“. Ökologisch-postapokalyptisches Denken im lyrischen und essayistischen Werk Hans Magnus Enzensbergers. Diss, Universität München, Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-89528-747-3.
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger und die Ideengeschichte der Bundesrepublik, mit einem Essay von Lars Gustafsson. Universitätsverlag Winter, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8253-5758-0
• Clayton, Alan J.: Writing with the Words of Others: Essays on the Poetry of Hans Magnus Enzensberger. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2010, 272 S., ISBN 978-3-8260-4308-6.
• Text+Kritik: Hans Magnus Enzensberger, hrsg. von Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Edition Text+Kritik, dritte Auflage, ISBN 978-3-86916-083-2
• Marmulla, Henning: Enzensbergers Kursbuch. Eine Zeitschrift um 68. Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-88221-624-0.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hans Magnus Enzensberger.

• In conversation with Charles Simic 11 December 2002
• The radical loser: English translation of an article originally appearing in Der Spiegel on 7 November 2005.
• Enzensberger at PEN American Center Participated in the 2006 PEN World Voices Conference in NYC
• Poesieautomat (Poetry-Machine) realized by Christian Bauer, 2006
• Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award profile (including audio and video of tribute and acceptance speech)
• Interview: A life in writing Talking with Enzensberger at The Guardian; appeared online 15 May 2010
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger at perlentaucher.de – das Kulturmagazin (in German)
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger at Library of Congress Authorities, with 149 catalogue records
• Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt, and Andreas Thalmayr (pseudonyms) at LC Authorities

На других языках

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[de] Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger (* 11. November 1929 in Kaufbeuren) ist ein deutscher Dichter, Schriftsteller, Herausgeber, Übersetzer und Redakteur. Er publizierte auch unter den Pseudonymen Andreas Thalmayr, Linda Quilt, Elisabeth Ambras, Giorgio Pellizzi, Benedikt Pfaff, Trevisa Buddensiek sowie Serenus M. Brezengang (letzterer Name ist ein Anagramm zu Magnus Enzensberger).[1] Enzensberger lebt in München-Schwabing.

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- [en] Hans Magnus Enzensberger

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[es] Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger (Kaufbeuren, Alemania, 11 de noviembre de 1929) es un poeta y ensayista alemán considerado como uno de los representantes más importantes del pensamiento alemán de la posguerra. Figura polifacética, ha alternado su trabajo como profesor con la literatura, el ensayo, el periodismo y la actividad editorial. Tiene un hermano también escritor, Christian Enzensberger.

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[fr] Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Hans Magnus Enzensberger, né le 11 novembre 1929 à Kaufbeuren, en Bavière, est un poète, écrivain, traducteur et journaliste allemand, également connu sous le pseudonyme de Andreas Thalmayr, qui vit actuellement à Munich-Schwabing.

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[ru] Энценсбергер, Ханс Магнус

Ханс Магнус Энценсбергер (нем. Hans Magnus Enzensberger; род. 11 ноября 1929, Кауфбойрен) — немецкий поэт, писатель, детский писатель, драматург, эссеист, переводчик, издатель и общественный деятель левого толка.

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