Paul Alfred Kleinert is a German writer, editor and translator.

Kleinert was born in

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in 1960 with family roots in

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and Danzig. He studied theology and did

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and

celtic studies Celtic studies or Celtology is the academic discipline occupied with the study of any sort of cultural output relating to the Celtic-speaking peoples (i.e. speakers of Celtic languages). This ranges from linguistics, literature and art histor ...

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Berlin at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin ''(HU Berlin)'' and

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''(Free University of Berlin, FU Berlin)'',

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and

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. His main areas of interest are

poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meani ...

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

and

translation Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

from

classical languages A classical language is any language with an independent literary tradition and a large and ancient body of written literature. Classical languages are typically dead languages, or show a high degree of diglossia, as the spoken varieties of the ...

. He has lived and worked in

Kreuzberg Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it h ...

in Berlin since 1986.

Publications

40 editions since 1994, i.a.: * “Zeitzeichen” (1999-2009

* “Die Nessing’schen Hefte” (2003-2005

* “Nordische Reihe” (since 2006) in “pernobilis-edition” Leipzig (since 2007)

* First ever volume of Faroese language, Faroese/German poetry by

Guðrið Helmsdal Guðrið Helmsdal Nielsen (born 26 February 1941 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese poet. Born as Guðrið Helmsdal Poulsen, she added her husband's surname when she married. She writes as Guðrið Helmsdal. Biography Born on 26 February 1941 in Tórshav ...

"Stjørnuakrar /Sternenfelder", translation by A.Nielsen (2006) * First ever Faroese language, Faroese/German anthology “From

Janus Djurhuus Jens Hendrik Oliver Djurhuus, called Janus Djurhuus, (26 February 1881, Tórshavn – 1 September 1948, Tórshavn) was the first modern Faroese poet. He and his younger brother Hans Andreas Djurhuus, also a poet, are called the ''Áarstova'' ...

to Tóroddur Poulsen – Faroese Poetry during 100 Years”, academic advice:

Turið Sigurðardóttir Turið Sigurðardóttir (born 12 August 1946) is a Faroese educator, writer and translator, specializing in the history of Faroese literature. She lives in Tórshavn and teaches at the University of the Faroe Islands. Biography Born in Copenhagen, ...

, lineartranslation: Inga Meincke (2007).

Appreciation

*grant by Otto Benecke Stiftung Bonn (1986/1987) *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" at Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators in Visby/Gotland/Sweden (2006) *Travelling Grant (Sweden/Finland) by LBV Vienna (2007) *Alfred-Müller-Felsenburg-Prize 2009 (together with Sándor Tatár, Budapest/Törökbálint) *"Writer in Residence" at Künstlerhaus Salzwedel (2010, 2011 and 2015) *Travelling Grant (Milan) by JTHBV Vienna (2012) *"Writer in Residence" at Ventspils House for Writers and Translators in Ventspils/Latvia (2014) *Travelling Grant (Sweden) by JTHBV Vienna (2015) *Government Grant (Poland) by Kulturverwaltung des Landes Berlin (2016) *Travelling Grant (German Baltic Sea) by JTHBV Vienna (2017) *Travelling Grant (Norway) by LBVF Vienna (2018) *"Writer in Residence" at Künstlerhaus Salzwedel (2020)

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, translation by S. Tatár, Budapest/Vienna 2008, ) *"und wieder an Inseln gewiesen" (poetry, Vienna/Leipzig 2008, ) *"Rabensaat/Hollóvetés" (poetry, Berlin 2009, together with Tatár Sándor, lithographs by Volker Scharnefsky, Scharnefsky artist book) *"um die fünfzig – koło pięćdziesiątki – ötven felé" (poetry with translations into Polish and Hungarian by M. Jakubów and S. Tatár, Budapest 2010, ) *"vestigium hominis – ein Jahres- im Lebenskreis" (poetry, Vienna 2012) *"unterwegs" (poetry, Vienna 2015) *"in nuce" (poetry, Berlin 2020, graphic arts by Antonia Stoyke, artist book of the Weißensee Academy of Art

Wei%C3%9Fensee Academy of Art Berlin Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin, also known as Berlin-Weissensee Art Academy, School of Art and Design Berlin-Weissensee (german: Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee) is a non-profit, public art school An art school is an educational institutio ...

) *"fraglich" (poetry, Vienna 2020) *"Ersatz, nicht die Landschaft meines Herzens". Ein "österreichischer Schriftsteller" im Brandenburgischen - Franz Fühmann in Märkisch Buchholz (documentation, Frankfurt/Oder and Berlin 2022), ISBN 978-3-938008-76-8 and 978-3-96982-032-2 * ''Zur Neugewinnung alter Erzählstoffe. Das Filmszenarium "Der Nibelunge Not" von Franz Fühmann'' and ''Franz Fühmanns Entwurf für einen Film zu Walther von der Vogelweide.'' In: ''Filmwelten Franz Fühmanns'', edited by Paul Alfred Kleinert, Leipzig and Berlin 2022, ISBN 978-3-96940-278-8 Some poems and one short story have been translated into Polish, Russian, English, French, Hungarian, Czech, Bulgarian and Latvian and have been published in anthologies in those countries

References and external links

* Books by Paul Alfred Kleinert in the German National Bibliography ("Deutsche Nationalbibliothek") * Literature by and about Paul Alfred Kleiner

in the catalogue of the

Austrian National Library The Austrian National Library (german: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek) is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in center of V ...

* Literature by and about Paul Alfred Kleiner

in the catalogue of the

British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries. As a legal deposit library, the Briti ...

* Literature by and about Paul Alfred Kleiner

in the catalogue of the

National Library of Scotland The National Library of Scotland (NLS) ( gd, Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba, sco, Naitional Leebrar o Scotland) is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. As one of the largest libraries in t ...

*"Kürschners Deutscher Literaturkalender" first in 1998 *"Deutsches Autorenlexikon" first in 2000 *" Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert" (vol. 28), ed. by Lutz Hagested

Berlin and Boston 2017 * www.lyrikwelt.com /archive data backu

* http://www.literaturport.de/Paul-Alfred.Kleinert/ translation by Dr. Aaron von Lifschitz, Wien, publisher (Leopold Brachmann Verlag

References

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