Georg Maurer (11 March 1907 – 4 August 1971) was a German poet, essayist, and translator. He wrote under the pseudonyms ''Juventus, murus,'' and ''Johann Weilau''. The son of a teacher, he was born in

Szászrégen Reghin (; , or ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Reen'') is a Municipiu, city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș (river), Mureș River. As of 2021 Romanian census, 2021, it had a population of 2 ...

, Austria-Hungary (now in Romania), and grew up there before moving to Germany in 1926. He studied art history,

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and philosophy in

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and Berlin until 1932. He was a soldier during the Second World War. From 1955, he was a lecturer, then a professor at the

Johannes R. Becher Institute of Literature The German Institute for Literature (German: ''Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig'', DLL) is a part of Leipzig University and offers university education for writers. It was founded in 1955 under the name Johannes R. Becher-Institut, at that time ...

in Leipzig, where he had great influence on the poets of the Saxon School. He died in

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at the age of 64 and was buried in the Südfriedhof in Leipzig.

Prizes and awards

* Literaturpreis der Stadt Weimar 1948 * Johannes-R.-Becher-Preis 1961 *

Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig From 1959 to 1989, the city of Leipzig awarded the Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig, which was given for outstanding merits in the artistic field to persons who promoted the reputation of the city beyond the region: architects, visual artists, compos ...

1964 *

Nationalpreis der DDR The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) () was an award of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, and other meritorious achievement. With scien ...

1965 * F.-C.-Weiskopf-Preis 1972

Works

*''Ewige Stimmen'', poems, Haessel Verlag Leipzig 1936 *''Gesänge der Zeit'', hymns and sonnets, Rupert-Verlag Leipzig 1948 *''Barfuß'' by

Zaharia Stancu Zaharia Stancu (; October 7, 1902 – December 5, 1974) was a Romanian prose writer, novelist, poet, and philosopher. He was also the director of the National Theatre Bucharest, the President of the Writers' Union of Romania, and a titular memb ...

, translation, 1951 *''Zweiundvierzig Sonette'' Aufbau Verlag Berlin 1953 *''Die Elemente'', poems, Insel Verlag Leipzig 1955 *''Gedichte aus zehn Jahren'', Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin 1956 *''Der Dichter und seine Zeit'', essays and reviews, Aufbau Verlag Berlin 1956 *''Eine stürmische Nacht'' by

Ion Luca Caragiale Ion Luca Caragiale (; According to his birth certificate, published and discussed by Constantin Popescu-Cadem in ''Manuscriptum'', Vol. VIII, Nr. 2, 1977, pp. 179–184 – 9 June 1912), commonly referred to as I. L. Caragiale, was a Romanians, ...

, translation, Insel Verlag 1956 *''Lob der Venus'', sonnets, Verlag der Nation Berlin 1956 *''Poetische Reise'' Verlag der Nation Berlin 1959 *''Das Lächeln Hiroshimas'' by

Eugen Jebeleanu Eugen Jebeleanu (; 24 April 1911 – 21 August 1991) was a Romanian poet, translator, journalist, and scholar. Biography He was born in Câmpina, where he attended elementary school. After graduating in 1922, he enrolled at the Andrei Șagun ...

, translation, Verlag der Nation 1960 *''Ein Glückspilz'' by I. L. Caragiale, translation, Aufbau Verlag 1961 *''Dreistrophenkalender'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1961 *''Das Unsere'', in the series ''neue deutsche literatur'', Heft 8 1962 *''Gestalten der Liebe'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1964 *''Stromkreis'', poems, Insel Verlag Leipzig 1964 *''Im Blick der Uralten'', poems, Insel Verlag 1965 *''Gespräche'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1967 *''Essay I'', Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1969 *''Kreise'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1970 *''Erfahrene Welt'', poems, Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1972 *''Essay II'', Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle 1973 *''Ich sitz im Weltall auf einer Bank im

Rosental The Rosental is a , park-like part of the northern Leipzig Riverside Forest, Leipzig floodplain forest in Leipzig, Germany. It is bordered by the Elstermühlgraben (Elster mill ditch) to the south and west, the small river Parthe to the north and ...

'' (ed. Eva Maurer) Connewitzer Verlagsbuchhandlung 2007

Bibliography

* Ursula Püschel: ''Die Liebe der Dichter: Georg Maurer''. In '' neue deutsche literatur'' 1988, issue 8, . * Wolfgang Emmerich: ''Georg Maurer''. In Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Hrsg.): ''Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur''. Das KLG auf CD-ROM. Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt 2007, (with comprehensive bibliography). * Franka Köpp/Roland Lampe/Sabine Wolf (Bearb.): ''Georg Maurer. 1907–1971''. Stiftung Archiv der

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, Berlin 2003, .

External links

*
Georg Maurer
on Poetenladen.de * Archive of the Berlin

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