Helmut Bartuschek (25 December 1905 – 18 May 1984) was a German poet and translator of

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Life

Born

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/Oberschlesien, Bartuschek moved to Leipzig in 1922, where he passed the

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in 1925 and studied Romance languages and literature,

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, philosophy and librarianship. In 1940, he was drafted for military service. After his release from French captivity (1944-1948) he lived in Leipzig again. Bartuschek made his debut with poems in 1929 in an

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edited by

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. His first own volume of poetry was promoted by

Georg Maurer 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 Reghin, Szászrégen, Austria-Hungary (now ...

. Bartuschek died in Leipzig at the age of 74.

Work

Poetry

* ''Erde'', Leipzig 1938 * ''Verwandelte Welt'', Berlin 1962 * ''Die Häutung des Schlangenkönigs'', Leipzig 1983 (ed. ). * ''Waldamtmann'', 2016, .

Translations

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, depicting human lives, destinies and s ...

, ''Fettklößchen'', Erzählungen 1950 * Guy de Maupassant, ''Eine Landpartie'', 1965 * Guy de Maupassant, ''Pariser Abenteuer'' (with K. Friese), 1964 * Guy de Maupassant, ''Meisternovellen'', 3 volumes, 1984 * Guy de Maupassant, ''Die lieben Verwandten und andere heitere Erzählungen'', 1952 * Guy de Maupassant, ''Das Brot der Sünde'', 1960 * Guy de Maupassant, ''Unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit'', 1961 * P. Arene, Carmantras Ende, 1952 * ''Der gallische Hahn, französische Gedichte von der Zeit der

troubador A troubadour (, ; ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a ''trobairitz''. The tro ...

s bis in unsere Tage in deutscher Nachdichtung''. 1957 *

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...

, ''Die schwarze Fahne'', 1962 * Victor Hugo, ''Die schwarze Fahne'', 1988 *

Charles de Coster Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature. Early life and education He was born in Munich; his father, Augustin De Coster, was a n ...

, ''Flämische Mähren'', 1963 *

Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , ; ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realis ...

, ''November'', 1984 * Gustave Flaubert, ''Leidenschaft und Tugend'', 1988 *

Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an import ...

, ''Auserlesene Novellen'', 1951 * Prosper Mérimée, ''Colomba'', 1990.

Prizes

* Literaturpreis der Stadt Leipzig 1938 *

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 ...

, 1980.Afterword by Roland Erb, "Häutung des Schlangenkönigs"

Membership

* Paul Ernst Gesellschaft

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartuschek, Helmut French–German translators 20th-century German poets German male poets 1905 births 1984 deaths People from Gliwice 20th-century German male writers