Stephan Koranyi (13 September 1956 – 11 September 2021) was a German

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

, author, lecturer, and an editor.

Biography

Stephan Koranyi was born in 1956. He studied German

philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

, philosophy and theater studies at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...

and at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

. In 1981 he received a Master of Arts on Goethe's "Campaign in France". Koranyi examined German literature in terms of genre, form, content, and motifs as well as looking at it historically by author and epoch, (especially on

Goethe Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...

). In 1983 his dissertation ''Autobiographik und Wissenschaft im Denken Goethes'' at the Philosophical Faculty of Language and Literature II of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich was accepted. From 1983 to 1986 Koranyi worked in the Department for Classics Editing at the dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, first as a publishing trainee, then as an editor. Additionally he taught at the

. From October 1986 he was in charge of publishing rights and licences at

Reclam Reclam Verlag is a German publishing house, established in Leipzig in 1828 by Anton Philipp Reclam (1807–1896).Icelandic writer Jón Kalman Stefánsson and Dutch authors such as Pieter Steinz and J. Bernlef.

Works

In 1985 he was an editor of the novel ''Gabriele'' written by Johanna Schopenhauer and in 1987 he edited the novel ''Laudin und die Seinen'' by Jakob Wassermann. Both books were published by German publishing company ''dtv'' (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag). Additionally to his work as lecturer and expert of German Christmas culture he published the following titles: ''Reclams Weihnachtsbuch. Erzählungen, Lieder, Gedichte, Briefe, Betrachtungen. Stuttgart: Reclam'' (1988), ''Weihnachtsgedichte'' (2003); ''Weihnachtszauber Winternacht. Geschichten und Gedichte'' (2005), and ''Und das schönste Fest ist da. Weihnachtliche Gedichte'' (2005), ''Gedichte zur Weihnacht'' (2009), ''Weihnachten. Gedichte'' (2011); ''Fröhliches Fest. Weihnachtsgeschichten'' (2012). Koranyi was in charge of several editions of Wiglaf Droste's works. After Droste's death Koranyi edited ''Tisch und Bett (2020)'', Droste's last poems, at Antje Kunstmann Verlag. Stephan Koranyi died September 11th 2021, two days before his 65th birthday.

Publications (selection)

Publications (as an editor at dtv)

* Johanna Schopenhauer: ''Gabriele.'' Roman. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1985, . * Jakob Wassermann: ''Laudin und die Seinen.'' Roman. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1987, .

Publications (as an editor at Reclam)

* ''Reclams Weihnachtsbuch. Erzählungen, Lieder, Gedichte, Briefe, Betrachtungen.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 1988, . * ''Heiteres darüberstehen. Geschichten und Gedichte zum Vergnügen.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, . * ''Liebe, Liebe, Liebe. Geschichten, Gedichte und Gedanken.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 1991. * ''Weihnachtsgedichte.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, . * ''Weihnachtszauber Winternacht. Geschichten und Gedichte.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, . * ''Und das schönste Fest ist da. Weihnachtliche Gedichte.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, . * ''Alles Gute. Heitere Geschichten.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2007, . * ''Gedanken sind Kräfte. Bibelworte – Worte zur Bibel.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2007, . * ''Gedichte zur Weihnacht.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2009, . * ''Weihnachten. Gedichte.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2011, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Fröhliches Fest. Weihnachtsgeschichten.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2012, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Immer heiter auf der Leiter. Geschichten.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2013, . * ''Reclams Adeventskalender.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2014, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Gute Tage – schöne Stunden: Feriengeschichten.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2014, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Weihnachtsüberraschung: Geschichten.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2015, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Verspätung! Geschichten für wenn's mal wieder länger dauert.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2015, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Weihnachten auf Besuch.'' Reclam, Stuttgart 2016, . * ''Weihnachtsgedichte.'' Reclam, Ditzingen 2017, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Stille Nacht und Feuerwerk: Geschichten und Gedichte.'' Reclam, Ditzingen 2017, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Reclams Adventskalender.'' Reclam, Ditzingen 2017, . * with Gabriele Seifert: ''Frühling für Fortgeschrittene: Geschichten.'' Reclam, Ditzingen 2017, . * ''Reclams Weihnachtsbuch: Gedichte, Geschichten und Lieder.'' Reclam, Ditzingen 2019, .

Publications (as an editor at Kunstmann)

Wiglaf Droste: ''Tisch und Bett''. Antje Kunstmann Verlag, München 2020, .

References

External links

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Prokurist Dr. Stephan Koranyi
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