Ernst Jandl
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Ernst Jandl (German: [jandl̩]; 1 August 1925 – 9 June 2000) was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator. He became known for his experimental lyric, mainly sound poems (Sprechgedichte) in the tradition of concrete and visual poetic forms.
Poetry
Influenced by Dada he started to write experimental poetry, first published in the journal Neue Wege ("New Ways") in 1952.
He was the life partner of Friederike Mayröcker. In 1973 he co-founded the Grazer Autorenversammlung in Graz, became its vice president in 1975 and was its president from 1983 to 1987.
His poems are characterized by German language word play, often at the level of single characters or phonemes. For example, his famous univocalic poem "ottos mops" (in English, "otto's pug") uses only the vowel "o". Of course, poems like this cannot easily be translated into other languages.
Most of his poems are better heard than read. His lectures were always known as very impressive events, because of the particular way he pronounced his poems. Poems like "schtzngrmm" (his version of the word "Schützengraben" which describes the trenches of the World War I) can be understood only if read correctly. It is an experimental poem in which he tells the sounds of war only with combinations of letters, which sound like gunfires or detonating missiles.[1]
He translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island, and John Cage's Silence.
Some other of his best-known poems are "lichtung" (also known as "lechts & rinks" [sic], in English "light & reft") and "kneiernzuck".
An example of a short poem, written in English:[2]
three wives
i never remember my second wife
i never remember my third wife
i always remember what i always remember
ain't ever even had a first wife
Awards
- 1969: Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden with Friederike Mayröcker for "Five Men"
- 1974: Georg-Trakl-Preis (see Georg Trakl)
- 1976: Literature Prize of the City of Vienna
- 1978: Austrian Prize for Literature
- 1980: Mülheim Dramatists Prize
- 1982: Anton Wildgans Prize
- 1982: Manuscripts Prize of Styria
- 1984: Georg Büchner Prize (see Georg Büchner)
- 1984: Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature
- 1985: Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik
- 1986: Gold Medal of Vienna
- 1987: Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humour
- 1988: German Cabaret Award
- 1989: Frankfurt Hörspielpreis
- 1990: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 1990: Peter-Huchel-Preis
- 1993: Kleist Prize
- 1995: Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis (see Friedrich Hölderlin)
- 1995: Medal of the Province of Styria
- 1996: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria
Poems
- "Ottos Mops" 20 November 1963
- "Laut und Luise" 1966
- "sprechblasen" 1968
- "der künstliche baum" 1970
- "idyllen" 1989
- "Aus dem wirklichen Leben" 1999
- Reft and Light (Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 2000); translated from the German by various American poets, ISBN 1-886224-34-X
Books
- lechts und rinks. gedichte, statements, peppermints; Luchterhand, ISBN 3-630-62043-4, in a poor translation: "light and reft. poems, statements, peppermints"
- laut und luise; Luchterhand, ISBN 3-630-62030-2
- Interpretationen, Gedichte von Ernst Jandl; Reclam, ISBN 3-15-017519-4
- ernst jandl, aus dem wirklichen Leben: gedichte und prosa, with 66 drawings by Hans Ticha, Büchergilde Gutenberg 2000, ISBN 3-7632-4970-2
Notes
References
- Bauer, Theo (2005). "Ernst Jandl (1925–2000)". In T. B. (ed.). Aus dem Hinterland. Lyrik nach 2000. Sistig/Eifel: Edition YE.
External links
- Ernst Jandl at Find a Grave
- Writing is the food of the gods Friederike Mayröcker's poem about her companion at signandsight.com
- Ernst Jandl at UbuWeb sound files to download and discussion of his concrete poetry at UbuWeb
- author page at Lyrikline.org, with audio, text (German, one translation into English).
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- 1923 Adam Karrillon and Arnold Mendelssohn
- 1924 Alfred Bock and Paul Thesing
- 1925 Wilhelm Michel and Rudolf Koch
- 1926 Christian Heinrich Kleukens and Wilhelm Petersen
- 1927 Kasimir Edschmid and Johannes Bischoff
- 1928 Richard Hoelscher and Well Habicht
- 1929 Carl Zuckmayer and Adam Antes
- 1930 Nikolaus Schwarzkopf and Johannes Lippmann
- 1931 Alexander Posch and Hans Simon
- 1932 Albert H. Rausch and Adolf Bode
- 1933–1944 not given
- 1945 Hans Schiebelhuth
- 1946 Fritz Usinger
- 1947 Anna Seghers
- 1948 Hermann Heiss
- 1949 Carl Gunschmann
- 1950 Elisabeth Langgässer
- 1951 Gottfried Benn
- 1952 not given
- 1953 Ernst Kreuder
- 1954 Martin Kessel
- 1955 Marie Luise Kaschnitz
- 1956 Karl Krolow
- 1957 Erich Kästner
- 1958 Max Frisch
- 1959 Günter Eich
- 1960 Paul Celan
- 1961 Hans Erich Nossack
- 1962 Wolfgang Koeppen
- 1963 Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- 1964 Ingeborg Bachmann
- 1965 Günter Grass
- 1966 Wolfgang Hildesheimer
- 1967 Heinrich Böll
- 1968 Golo Mann
- 1969 Helmut Heißenbüttel
- 1970 Thomas Bernhard
- 1971 Uwe Johnson
- 1972 Elias Canetti
- 1973 Peter Handke
- 1974 Hermann Kesten
- 1975 Manès Sperber
- 1976 Heinz Piontek
- 1977 Reiner Kunze
- 1978 Hermann Lenz
- 1979 Ernst Meister
- 1980 Christa Wolf
- 1981 Martin Walser
- 1982 Peter Weiss
- 1983 Wolfdietrich Schnurre
- 1984 Ernst Jandl
- 1985 Heiner Müller
- 1986 Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- 1987 Erich Fried
- 1988 Albert Drach
- 1989 Botho Strauß
- 1990 Tankred Dorst
- 1991 Wolf Biermann
- 1992 George Tabori
- 1993 Peter Rühmkorf
- 1994 Adolf Muschg
- 1995 Durs Grünbein
- 1996 Sarah Kirsch
- 1997 H. C. Artmann
- 1998 Elfriede Jelinek
- 1999 Arnold Stadler
- 2000 Volker Braun
- 2001 Friederike Mayröcker
- 2002 Wolfgang Hilbig
- 2003 Alexander Kluge
- 2004 Wilhelm Genazino
- 2005 Brigitte Kronauer
- 2006 Oskar Pastior
- 2007 Martin Mosebach
- 2008 Josef Winkler
- 2009 Walter Kappacher
- 2010 Reinhard Jirgl
- 2011 Friedrich Christian Delius
- 2012 Felicitas Hoppe
- 2013 Sibylle Lewitscharoff
- 2014 Jürgen Becker
- 2015 Rainald Goetz
- 2016 Marcel Beyer
- 2017 Jan Wagner
- 2018 Terézia Mora
- 2019 Lukas Bärfuss
- 2020 Elke Erb
- 2021 Clemens J. Setz
- 2022 Emine Sevgi Özdamar
- 2023: Lutz Seiler