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Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt (born 2 May 1928) is a French writer and translator of German origin.

Biography

Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt was born in

Reinbek Reinbek (; probably from "Rainbek" = brook at the field margin; Northern Low Saxon: ''Reinbeek'') is a town located in Stormarn (district), Stormarn district in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein within the metropolitan regio ...

near Hamburg, into a Jewish family of magistrates converted to

Protestantism Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

. His father was an adviser to the Hamburg Court of Appeal until 1933. He was then deported to

Theresienstadt Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the Schutzstaffel, SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German occupation of Czechoslovakia, German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstad ...

where he served as Protestant pastor of "Protestant Jews" deported because of their origin. Georges-Arthur fled Germany in 1938. He took refuge in Italy with his brother, then in France, in a boarding school in

Megève Megève (; frp, Megéva) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France with a population of more than 3,000 residents. The town is well known as a ski resort near Mont Blanc in the French ...

. From 1943 to September 1944, he was hidden in

Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is ...

among farmers, particularly François and Olga Allard, who were honoured on August 6, 2012 as

Righteous Among the Nations Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sav ...

. Goldschmidt obtained French nationality in 1949. He was a professor (" agrégé d’allemand") until 1992. He taught at Lycée Paul Eluard for 19 years. A writer and essayist, Goldschmidt chose French as a language of expression and writing, without abandoning German. He is a translator, among others, of

Walter Benjamin Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (; ; 15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940) was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. An eclectic thinker, combining elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, and Jewish mys ...

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

and

Peter Handke Peter Handke (; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored t ...

Prizes and distinctions

* 1991:

Preis der SWR-Bestenliste Preis der SWR-Bestenliste is a literature prize awarded in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Winners *1978 Gerhard Roth *1979 Ludwig Fels *1980 Otto F. Walter *1981 Peter Weiss *1982 Franz Fühmann *1983 Oskar Pastior *1984 Christa Reinig *1985 ...

* 1991: * 1991:

Geschwister-Scholl-Preis The Geschwister-Scholl-Preis is a literary prize which is awarded annually by the Bavarian chapter of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and the city of Munich. Every year, a book is honoured, which "shows intellectual independence and ...

(for ''Die Absonderung'') * 1993:

Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen The Bremen Literature Prize (german: link=no, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, literally: Literature Prize of the city of Bremen) is a German literary award. The prize money is €25,000 (Förderpreis: €6,000). Recipients *1954 Heinrich Schm ...

* 1996: * 1997: Doctor ''honoris causa'' of the

University of Osnabrück A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

* 1999: Ludwig-Börne-Preis * 2001:

Nelly Sachs Prize The Nelly Sachs Prize (German: ''Nelly Sachs Preis'') is a literary prize given every two years by the German city of Dortmund. Named after the Jewish poet and Nobel laureate Nelly Sachs, the prize includes a cash award of €15,000. It honours ...

of the city of

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

* 2002: Goethe-Medaille * 2004:

Prix France Culture The Prix France Culture is a former literary award created in 1979 by the radio station France Culture. In 2006, it was renamed Prix France Culture/Télérama, and its name was used from 2007 replacing the "Prix Arlequin", cinematographic prize a ...

(for ''Le Poing dans la bouche'') * 2005:

Joseph-Breitbach-Preis Joseph-Breitbach-Preis (Joseph Breitbach Prize) is a literary prize awarded by the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz (Academy of Sciences and Literature of Mainz), in Germany and the Joseph Breitbach Foundation. Established in ...

. * 2007: Erlanger Literaturpreis für Poesie als Übersetzung * 2007: The programme for young literary translators of th
Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO)
and the

Frankfurt Book Fair The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: Frankfurter Buchmesse, FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. It is considered to be the most important book fair in the world for internationa ...

is named after him
Goldschmidt Programme
* 2013: * 2015: Sigmund-Freud-Kulturpreis

Works

*2015: ''Les Collines de Belleville''.

Actes Sud Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members. ...

. *2013: ''Heidegger et la langue allemande'', series "Classiques des sciences sociales", UQAC.''Heidegger et la langue allemande. I. Langue et espace'' (2005)
on classiques.uqac.ca *2013: ''La Joie du passeur'',

CNRS The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

*2011: ''L'Esprit de retour'',

Éditions du Seuil Éditions du Seuil (), also known as ''Le Seuil'', is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' ...

*2009: ''A l'insu de Babel'', CNRS Éditions *2009: ''Une langue pour abri'', Créaphis/Facim *2008: ''Un enfant aux cheveux gris'', CNRS Éditions *2007: ''Celui qu’on cherche habite juste à côté'', *2005: ''Le Recours'', Verdier *2004: ''Le Poing dans la bouche'', Verdier *2001: ''En présence du Dieu absent'', Bayard *1988: ''Quand Freud voit la mer'', *1999: ''La Traversée des fleuves'', Seuil *1997: ''Molière ou La liberté mise à nu'', Éditions Circé *1997: ''La Matière de l’écriture'', Circé *1996: ''Quand Freud attend le verbe'', Buchet/Chastel *1991: ''La Forêt interrompue'', Seuil *1988: ''Peter Handke'', Seuil *1986: ''Un Jardin en Allemagne'', Seuil *1978: ''Jean-Jacques Rousseau ou L'esprit de solitude'',

Éditions Phébus The éditions Phébus is a French publishing house established in 1976 by Jean-Pierre Sicre and taken over in 2003 by the . Catalogue Phébus publishes a catalog of French and foreign literature that is both contemporary (Julie Otsuka, Elif Sha ...

*1973: ''Molière ou La liberté mise à nu'',

Éditions Julliard Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard. Julliard was known as a discoverer and publisher of talents, in particular Françoise Sagan and Jean d'Ormesson. After Julliard's death in July 1962, the ...

*1971: ''Le Fidibus'', Julliard *1971: ''Un corps dérisoire'', Julliard *1967: ''Marcel Béalu : un cas de flagrant délit'', Le Terrain Vague

Translations

Walter Benjamin Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (; ; 15 July 1892 – 26 September 1940) was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. An eclectic thinker, combining elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, and Jewish mys ...

* ''Allemands'', , 2012.

Georg Büchner Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...

* ''Lenz'', Éditions Vagabonde.

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

* ''Le Procès'', Press Pocket, 1974. * ''Le Château'', Press Pocket, 1976.

Peter Handke Peter Handke (; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored t ...

* ''Bienvenue au conseil d'administration'' * '' La courte lettre pour un long adieu'' * ''Après midi d'un écrivain'',

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Ga ...

, 1987. * ''L'heure de la sensation vraie'' (adapted to cinema in 1988 by Didier Goldschmidt under the title ') * ''La femme gauchère'' * ''Le poids du monde'' * ''Les gens déraisonnables sont en voie de disparition'' * ''Par les villages'' * ''Encore une fois pour Thucydide'', Bourgois, 1996. * ''Essai sur la fatigue'', Gallimard, 1998. * ''Histoire d'enfant'', Gallimard, 2001. * ''Par une nuit obscure je sortis de ma maison tranquille'', Gallimard, 2001. * ''Lucie dans la forêt avec les truc-machins'', Gallimard, 2001.

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, Prose poetry, prose poet, cultural critic, Philology, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philo ...

* ''Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra'', LGF, 1983.

Adalbert Stifter Adalbert Stifter (; 23 October 1805 – 28 January 1868) was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, while ...

* ''L'Homme sans postérité'', Phébus, Libretto, 1978

Studies

; Life, work, individual aspects *

Heinz Ludwig Arnold Heinz Ludwig Arnold (29 March 1940 – 1 November 2011) was a German literary journalist and publisher. He was also a leading advocate for contemporary literature. Early years Heinz Ludwig Arnold attended schools in Bochum and, subsequentl ...

, ''Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt'' * Roger-Yves Roche, ''Photofictions - Perec, Modiano, Duras, Goldschmidt, Barthes'' * Wolfgang Asholt (Hrsg.): ''Studien zum Werk von Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt.'' Osnabrück 1999. * Klaus Bonn: ''Zur Topik von Haus, Garten und Wald, Meer. Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt.'' Bielefeld 2003, . * Michaela Holdenried: ''Das Ende der Aufrichtigkeit? Zum Wandel autobiographischer Dispositive am Beispiel von Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt.'' In: '' Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen.'' 149. Jg. (1997), Bd. 234, H. 1, pp. 1–19. * : ''Wohnen zwischen den Sprachen: Der deutsch-französische Autor Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt. Einführung in Leben und Werk.'' In: ''Französische Gegenwartsliteratur'' (= ''Begegnungen mit dem Nachbarn.'' Band 3). Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Sankt Augustin 2004, , pp. 127–137
Kurzfassung online
PDF-Datei, 39 KB). * Tim Trzaskalik: ''Gegensprachen. Das Gedächtnis der Texte. Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt.'' Frankfurt 2007, . * ''Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt'' (= ''

Text+Kritik ''Text+Kritik'' (stylized ''text+kritik'') is a quarterly German journal for literature, music, film, and cultural studies in which German-language writers have their works analysed and presented by fellow writers and experts in literary researc ...

.'' H. 181). edition text + kritik, München 2009, . * Renate Göllner: Masochismus und Befreiung: Georges-Arthur Goldschmit.In: Gerhard Scheit, Manfred Dahlmann (Hrsg.): sans phrase Zeitschrift für Ideologiekritik. Heft 8, Frühjahr 2016. ça ira, Freiburg/Wien, 2016, pp. 180–191 ; Interviews *

Gero von Boehm Gero von Boehm (born 20 April 1954 in Hanover; full name Kurt-Gero von Boehm-Bezing) is a German director, journalist and television presenter. Life Gero von Boehm grew up in Heidelberg and studied law and social studies at the Heidelberg Unive ...

: ''Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt. 6. Juni 2002''. Interview in: ''Begegnungen. Menschenbilder aus drei Jahrzehnten''. Collection Rolf Heyne, München 2012, , pp. 298–306.

References

External links

Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt sur le site des éditions Verdier
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''Wozu Negationismus?'' on the website of the
Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt
on the site of

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Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt and Paul Rauchs
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