Hanns Grössel (18 April 1932, in

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– 1 August 2012, in

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) was a German literary translator and broadcasting journalist.

Biography

He translated from Swedish, Danish, and French. He was also well known from his activities at the

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the conso ...

Translations

* Peter Adolphsen: ''Brummstein'', München .a.2005 * Peter Adolphsen: ''Das Herz des Urpferds'', München 2008 * Jacques Berg: ''Herbst in der Provence'', Zürich .a.1980 * Cecil Bødker: Der Widder, Einsiedeln 1966 * Cecil Bødker: ''Zustand Harley'', Frankfurt a.M. 1969 * Jean Cau: ''Das Erbarmen Gottes'', München 1962 * Inger Christensen: ''Alfabet'', Münster 1988 * Inger Christensen: ''Azorno'', Frankfurt am Main 1972 * Inger Christensen: ''Brev i april'', Münster 1990 * Inger Christensen: ''Ein chemisches Gedicht zu Ehren der Erde'', Salzburg .a.1997 * Inger Christensen: ''Det'', Münster 2002 * Inger Christensen: ''Gedicht vom Tod'', Münster 1991 * Inger Christensen: ''Der Geheimniszustand und das "Gedicht vom Tod"'', München .a.1999 * Inger Christensen: ''Das gemalte Zimmer'', Münster 1989 * Inger Christensen: ''Graes'', Münster 2010 * Inger Christensen: ''Lys'', Münster 2008 * Inger Christensen: ''Massenhaft Schnee für die darbenden Schafe'', Wien 2002 * Inger Christensen: ''Das Schmetterlingstal'', Frankfurt am Main 1998 * Inger Christensen: Teil des Labyrinths, Münster 1993 * ''Dänische Erzähler der Gegenwart'', Stuttgart 1970 *

Petru Dumitriu Petru Dumitriu (; 8 May 1924 – 6 April 2002) was a Romanian-born novelist who wrote both in Romanian and in French. Biography Dumitriu was born in Baziaș, in the Banat region of Romania. His father was a Romanian army officer and his moth ...

: ''Treffpunkt Jüngstes Gericht'', Frankfurt a.M. .a.1962 * Sten Forshufvud: ''Mord an Napoleon?'', Düsseldorf .a.1962 (übersetzt zusammen mit Margarete Bormann) * Ulrikka S. Gernes: ''Wo Schmetterlinge überwintern können'', Berlin 2009 * Roger Gouze: ''Venus im Weinberg'', München 1962 * Marcel Griaule: ''Masken der Dogon'', Frankfurt am Main .a.1980 * Lars Gustafsson: ''Utopien'', München 1970 (übersetzt zusammen mit

Hans Magnus Enzensberger Hans Magnus Enzensberger (11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Andreas Thalmayr, Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt and Giorgio Pellizzi. Enzensberger was regarde ...

) * José Maria de Heredia: ''Der Mensch lauscht ungerührt'', Pforzheim 1983 * Sven Holm: ''Termush, Atlantik-Küste'', Frankfurt a.M. 1970 * Søren Kierkegaard: ''Der Augenblick'', Nördlingen 1988 * Paul Léautaud: ''Literarisches Tagebuch 1893–1956'', Reinbek b. Hamburg 1966 *

Harry Mathews Harry Mathews (February 14, 1930 – January 25, 2017) was an American writer, the author of various novels, volumes of poetry and short fiction, and essays. Mathews was also a translator of the French language. Life Born in New York City to an ...

: ''Roussel und Venedig'', Berlin 1991 *

Leif Panduro Leif Thormod Panduro (18 April 1923 – 16 January 1977) was a Danish writer, novelist, short story writer, and dramatist. Life A dentist by profession, he began in his thirties to write stories about people who can't conform to society's rule ...

: ''Echsentage'', Neuwied .a.1964 * Leif Panduro: ''Fern aus Dänemark'', Frankfurt am Main 1972 *

André Pieyre de Mandiargues André Pieyre de Mandiargues (14 March 1909 – 13 December 1991) was a French writer born in Paris. He became an associate of the Surrealists and married the Italian painter Bona Tibertelli de Pisis (a niece of the Italian metaphysical pai ...

: ''Die Monstren von Bomarzo'', Reinbek b. Hamburg 1969 * André Pieyre de Mandiargues: ''Das Motorrad'', Reinbek b. Hamburg 1965 * Lucien Rebatet: ''Weder Gott noch Teufel'', München .a.1964 * Klaus Rifbjerg: ''Der schnelle Tag ist hin'', Würzburg .a.1962 *

Raymond Roussel Raymond Roussel (; 20 January 1877 – 14 July 1933) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, musician, and chess enthusiast. Through his novels, poems, and plays he exerted a profound influence on certain groups within 20th century French litera ...

: ''In Havanna. Als Kanevas gedachte Dokumente'', Frankfurt am Main 1982 * Raymond Roussel: ''Nouvelles impressions d’Afrique'', München 1980 *

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lit ...

: ''Paris unter der Besatzung'', Reinbek bei Hamburg 1980 * Staffan Seeberg: ''Der Lungenfisch'', Frankfurt am Main 1973 *

Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Early life and education ...

: ''Der Bürgermeister von Furnes'', Zürich 1984 * Georges Simenon: ''Die Witwe Couderc'', Zürich 1982 *

Villy Sørensen Villy Sørensen (13 January 1929 – 16 December 2001) was a Danish people, Danish short story writer, philosopher and literary critic of the Modernist tradition. His fiction was heavily influenced by his philosophy, philosophical ideas, and ...

: ''Apolls Aufruhr'', München 1991 * Villy Sørensen: ''Vormundserzählungen'', Frankfurt a.M. 1968 * Jørgen Sonne: ''Gedichte'', Heidelberg 1996 *

Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (; 15 April 1931 – 26 March 2015) was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer's ...

: ''Einunddreißig Gedichte'', Stade 2002 * Tomas Tranströmer: ''Die Erinnerungen sehen mich'', München .a.1999 ** als Hörbuch, gelesen von Michael Krüger, Hörbuch Verlag, Hamburg 2011, 2 CD, 109 min. . * Tomas Tranströmer: ''Für Lebende und Tote'', München .a.1993 * Tomas Tranströmer: ''Gedichte'', München .a.1981 * Tomas Tranströmer: ''Das große Rätsel'', München .a.2005 * Tomas Tranströmer: ''Der Mond und die Eiszeit'', München .a.1992 * Tomas Tranströmer: ''Sämtliche Gedichte'', München .a.1997 * Tomas Tranströmer: ''Schmetterlingsmuseum'', Leipzig 1992 * Tomas Tranströmer: ''Der wilde Marktplatz'', München .a.1985 *

Leonora Christina Ulfeldt Leonora Christina, Countess Ulfeldt, born "Countess Leonora Christina Christiansdatter" til Slesvig og Holsten (8 July 1621 – 16 March 1698), was the daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark and wife of Steward of the Realm, traitor Count Cor ...

: '' Jammers Minde'', München 1968 * Poul Vad: ''Islandreise'', München .a.1998 *

Boris Vian Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sull ...

: ''Die kapieren nicht'', Frankfurt am Main 1980

Awards

Petrarca-Preis Petrarca-Preis was a European literary and translation award named after the Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch. Founded in 1975 by German art historian and publisher Hubert Burda, it was primarily designed for contemporary ...

(1993) *

Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie Preis may refer to: * Alfred Preis (1911–1993), Austrian architect * Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer * Mary Louise Preis (b. 1941), US politician * Phil Preis (born 1950) ...

(1995) * Europäischer Übersetzerpreis Offenburg (2010)Biografie Grössels auf den Seiten des Europäischen Übersetzerpreises Offenburg
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