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Karl Krolow (11 March 1915 – 21 June 1999) was a German poet and translator. In 1956 he was awarded the
Georg Büchner Prize
The Georg Büchner Prize (german: link=no, Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize for German language literature, along with the Goethe Prize. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of '' Woyzeck ...
. He was born in
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
, Germany, and died in
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
, Germany.
Biography
Krolow came from a family of civil servants, and grew up in Hanover where he attended grammar school. From 1935 to 1942 he studied Germanic and Romance languages, philosophy and art history at the universities of
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
and
Breslau.
Krolow, who had been a member of the
Hitler Youth
The Hitler Youth (german: Hitlerjugend , often abbreviated as HJ, ) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Its origins date back to 1922 and it received the name ("Hitler Youth, League of German Worker Youth") in July 1926. ...
from 1934, joined the
NSDAP
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...
in 1937.
From 1940. Krolow began having poems published in Nazi propaganda journals such as the ''Krakauer Zeitung''. From 1942 he was working as a freelance writer based in Göttingen.
In 1943/44, he published in the Nazi weekly journal ''
Das Reich''.
Krolow moved to Hanover in 1952, and in 1956 to Darmstadt, where he lived working as an independent writer until his death.
From the 1950s, Krolow was considered one of the greatest poets of the postwar German literature. He was also a translator from French and Spanish, and author of works of prose. From 1951, he was a member of the
PEN
A pen is a common writing instrument that applies ink to a surface, usually paper, for writing or drawing. Early pens such as reed pens, quill pens, dip pens and ruling pens held a small amount of ink on a nib or in a small void or cavity wh ...
Center of the Federal Republic of Germany, from 1953 a member of the
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. It is seated in Darmstadt, ...
in Darmstadt (temporarily as president),
from 1960 a member of the
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur
The Academy of Sciences and Literature (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to s ...
in
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
, and from 1962, a member of the
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste in München (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) is an association of renowned personalities in Munich, Bavaria. It was founded by the Free State of Bavaria in 1948, continuing a tradition established in 1808 by ...
. For his extensive and varied work he has received numerous awards, including 1956
Georg Büchner Prize
The Georg Büchner Prize (german: link=no, Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize for German language literature, along with the Goethe Prize. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of '' Woyzeck ...
, the 1965 Great Lower Saxony Art Award, 1975, the
Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen
Goethe-Plakette (Goethe Plaque) is the highest award by the Hessian Ministry for Science and the Arts of the federal state of Hesse, Germany, named after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It has been awarded since 1949 at irregular intervals. The award ...
, the Grand
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...
, the literature prize
Stadtschreiber von Bergen and Rainer Maria Rilke Prize for Poetry in 1976, an honorary doctorate from the
Technische Universität Darmstadt
The Technische Universität Darmstadt (official English name Technical University of Darmstadt, sometimes also referred to as Darmstadt University of Technology), commonly known as TU Darmstadt, is a research university in the city of Darmstadt ...
, in 1983 the
Hessischer Kulturpreis (Hessian Culture Prize), in 1985 the
and in 1988 the
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis is a German literary prize. It was established in 1983. In June, the City of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe annually awards the prize. It is endowed with 20,000 euros and is awarded as a general literary award for outstanding ...
of
Bad Homburg
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe () is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's offic ...
.
Krolow is buried in the family grave of his parents and grandparents in the (division 13) of his hometown of Hanover.
Works
* ''Hochgelobtes gutes Leben'', Hamburg 1943 (with Hermann Gaupp)
* ''Das Gedicht in unserer Zeit'', Hanover 1946
* ''Gedichte'', Konstanz 1948
* ''Heimsuchung'', Berlin 1948
* ''Auf Erden'', Hamburg 1949
* ''Die Zeichen der Welt'', Stuttgart 1952
* ''Von nahen und fernen Dingen'', Stuttgart 1953
* ''Wind und Zeit'', Stuttgart 1954
* ''Tage und Nächte'', Düsseldorf 1956
* ''Fremde Körper'', Berlin 1959
* ''Schatten eines Mannes'', Wamel am Möhnesee 1959 (with )
* ''Tessin'', München 1959 (with Fritz Eschen)
* ''Aspekte zeitgenössischer deutscher Lyrik'', Gütersloh 1961
* ''Ausgewählte Gedichte'', Frankfurt 1962
* ''Die Rolle des Autors im experimentellen Gedicht'', Wiesbaden 1962
* ''Unsichtbare Hände'', Frankfurt 1962
* ''Corrida de toros'', Darmstadt 1964 (with Helmut Lander)
* ''Darmstadt – Abglanz einer Residenz'', Darmstadt 1964 (with Annelise Reichmann)
* ''Reise durch die Nacht'', Darmstadt 1964
* ''Schattengefecht'', Frankfurt 1964
* ''Gedicht für Darmstadt'', Darmstadt 1965
* ''Gesammelte Gedichte'', Frankfurt
* ''Laudatio auf Fritz Usinger'', Passau 1965
* ''Landschaften für mich'', Frankfurt 1966
* ''Poetisches Tagebuch'', Frankfurt 1966
* ''Das Problem des langen und kurzen Gedichts heute'', Mainz 1966
* ''Unter uns Lesern'', Darmstadt 1967
* ''Alltägliche Gedichte'', Frankfurt 1968
* ''Minuten-Aufzeichnungen'', Frankfurt 1968
* ''Flug über Heide, Moor und grüne Berge'', Braunschweig 1969
* ''Bürgerliche Gedichte'', Hamburg 1970 (unter the pen name Karol Kröpcke)
* ''Nichts weiter als Leben'', Frankfurt 1970
* ''Die Träume der Ilse Aichinger'', Dortmund 1971
* ''Deutschland deine Niedersachsen'', Hamburg 1972
* ''Zeitvergehen'', Frankfurt 1972
* ''Zu des Rheins gestreckten Hügeln'', Troisdorf 1972
* ''Ein Gedicht entsteht'', Frankfurt 1973
* ''Ein Lesebuch'', Frankfurt 1975
* ''Bremen color'', Bremen 1976 (with Jochen Mönch)
* ''Der Einfachheit halber'', Frankfurt 1977
* ''Von literarischer Unschuld'', Darmstadt 1977
* ''Düsseldorf'', Köln 1978
* ''Das andere Leben'', Frankfurt 1979
* ''Gedichte'', Frankfurt 1980
* ''Prolog für Darmstadt'', Darmstadt 1980
* ''Sterblich'', with woodcuts by , Pfaffenweiler, 1980
* ''Herbstsonett mit Hegel'', Frankfurt 1981
* ''Im Gehen'', Frankfurt 1981
* ''Nocturnos'', Hofheim 1981 (with
Eberhard Schlotter
Eberhard Schlotter (June 3, 1921 – September 8, 2014) worked as an international painter in Spain and Germany. He is the brother of the sculptor Gotthelf Schlotter (1922–2007).
Schlotter was born in Hildesheim, eldest son of the sculptor Hei ...
)
* ''Pomologische Gedichte'', Usingen 1981
* ''Glanz aus dem Glas'', Usingen 1982
* ''Zwischen Null und Unendlich'', Frankfurt 1982
* ''Erinnerte Ansichten'', Darmstadt 1983 (with )
* ''Herodot oder Der Beginn von Geschichte'', Waldbrunn 1983
* ''Melanie'', München 1983
* ''Schönen Dank und vorüber'', Frankfurt 1984
* ''Gedichte und poetologische Texte'', Stuttgart 1985
* ''Nacht-Leben oder Geschonte Kindheit'', Frankfurt 1985
* ''Unumwunden'', Schondorf 1985
* ''Notizen, Erinnerungen, Träume'', Darmstadt 1985 (with Edith Wolf and Helmut Lander)
* ''Darmstadt'', Hanau 1986
* ''Gedichte zu Radierungen von Thomas Duttenhoefer'', Isernhagen/Hanover 1986
* ''Lebensalter'', Dreieich 1986 (with )
* ''Die andere Seite der Welt'', Pfaffenweiler 1987
* ''In Kupfer gestochen'', Frankfurt 1987
* ''Karl Krolow'', Berlin 1987
* ''Als es soweit war'', Frankfurt 1988
* ''Meine Gedichte'', Frankfurt 1990
* ''Sätze in die Nacht'', Aachen 1990
* ''Wenn die Schwermut Fortschritte macht'', Leipzig 1990
* ''Ich höre mich sagen'', Frankfurt 1992
* ''Etwas brennt'', Frankfurt 1994
* ''Die zweite Zeit'', Frankfurt 1995
* ''Menschlich'', New York 1996 (with Vera B. Profit)
* ''Gedichte, die von Liebe reden'', Frankfurt 1997
* ''Die Handvoll Sand'', Frankfurt 2001
* ''Im Diesseits verschwinden'', Frankfurt 2002
* ''Genug ist nie genug''. with A woodcut by Alfred Pohl. Passau 1997
References
Bibliography
*
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 ...
(ed.), ''Karl Krolow'' (''
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 ...
'', no. 77), Verlag Text + Kritik, Munich 1983, .
*
Fausto Cercignani
Fausto Cercignani (; born March 21, 1941) is an Italian scholar, essayist and poet.
Biography
Born to Tuscan parents, Fausto Cercignani studied in Milan, where he graduated in foreign languages and literatures with a dissertation dealing with ...
, "Dunkel, Grün und Paradies. Karl Krolows lyrische Anfänge in «Hochgelobtes gutes Leben»", ''Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift'', 36/1, 1986, 59–78.
* Fausto Cercignani, "Zwischen irdischem Nichts und machtlosem Himmel. Karl Krolows ''Gedichte'' 1948: Enttäuschung und Verwirrung", ''Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch'', 27, 1986, 197–217.
* Horst S. Daemmrich, ''Messer und Himmelsleiter. Eine Einführung in das Werk Karl Krolows'', Verlag Groos, Heidelberg 1980.
* Neil H. Donahue, ''Karl Krolow and the poetics of amnesia in postwar Germany'', Rochester, New York, 2002
* Walter H. Fritz (ed.), ''Über Karl Krolow''. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1972.
* Rolf Paulus, ''Der Lyriker Karl Krolow. Biographie und Weiterentwicklung, Gedichtinterpretation, Bibliographie'', Bouvier, Bonn 1983,
* Artur Rümmler, ''Die Entwicklung der Metaphorik in der Lyrik Karl Krolows (1942–1962). Die Beziehung zu deutschen, französischen und spanischen Lyrikern'', Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1972.
External links
*
Karl Krolow Suhrkamp Verlag
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1915 births
1999 deaths
German Hispanists
Spanish–German translators
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Georg Büchner Prize winners
Writers from Hanover
Writers from Darmstadt
20th-century translators
20th-century German poets
German male poets
Members of the German Academy for Language and Literature
20th-century German male writers
Hitler Youth members
Nazi Party members