Raoul Schrott (born 17 January 1964) is an Austrian poet, writer, literary critic, translator and broadcast personality. Schrott was raised in

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where his father served as an Austrian sales representative. He attended the universities of

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, Paris, Berlin and Innsbruck. He completed a thesis on "Dada 1921 – 1922 in Tirol". He translated

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's writings into colloquial German. In 2008 he was appointed Visiting professor by the

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. In 2019 he was a contributor to ''A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue Between East and West'' (Gingko Library). He lives in Austria.

Awards

*Award of the Country of Carinthia at the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Competition, 1994 * Leonce-und-Lena-Preis 1995 * Rauris Literature Prize, 1996 *Sponsorship award of the Friedrich-Hölderlin-Prize 1996 *Berlin Literary Award, 1996 *

Peter-Huchel-Preis Peter-Huchel-Preis is a literature prize awarded in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Peter Huchel Prize for German-language poetry, donated by the state of Baden-Württemberg and Südwestrundfunk, has been awarded since 1983 for an outstanding lyri ...

, 1999 * Mainzer Stadtschreiber, 2004 *

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 ...

, 2004 * Prize of the Guntram and Irene Rinke Foundation, 2007

Works (in German)

*Dada 1921 – 1922 in Tirol. Universität Innsbruck, Dissertation 1988 *Dada 21/22. Musikalische Fischsuppe mit Reiseeindrücken. Eine Dokumentation über die beiden Dadajahre in Tirol. Haymon, Innsbruck 1988. *Makame. Gedichte. Haymon, Innsbruck 1989. *Walter Serner 1889–1942 und Dada. Ein Forschungsbericht mit neuen Dokumenten. Reihe: Vergessene Autoren der Moderne, 41. Anhang: Gemeinschaftsarbeiten von Arp, Serner und Tzara. Universität Siegen 1989 ISSN 0177-9869 *Die Legenden vom Tod. Mit Bildern von Adolf Frohner. Haymon, Innsbruck 1990. *Dada 15/25. Haymon, Innsbruck 1992. *Dadautriche 1907–1970. Herausgegeben von Günther Dankl und Raoul Schrott. Mit Beiträgen von Raoul Schrott u. a. Haymon, Innsbruck 1993. *Sub Rosa. Mit Zeichnungen von Arnold Mario Dall'o. Haymon, Innsbruck 1993. *Finis Terrae. Ein Nachlass. Haymon, Innsbruck 1995. *Hotels. Haymon, Innsbruck 1995. *Die Erfindung der Poesie. Gedichte aus den ersten viertausend Jahren. Reihe: Die Andere Bibliothek, 154. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1997. *Fragmente einer Sprache der Dichtung im europäischen Kontext. Poetische Strukturen von der griechischen Antike bis zum Dadaismus. Habilitationsschrift. Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck 1997 *Tropen. Über das Erhabene. Hanser, München 1998. *Die Erde ist blau wie eine Orange. Polemisches, Poetisches, Privates. dtv, München 1999. *Fragmente einer Sprache der Dichtung. Graz 1997 *Bakchen, nach Euripides. Hanser, München 1999. (2000 uraufgeführt am Wiener Burgtheater) *Die Musen. Ungekürzte, vom Autor neu durchges. Ausgabe. dtv, München 2000. *Die Wüste Lop Nor. Novelle. Hanser, München 2000. *Gilgamesh Epos. Fischer, Frankfurt 2001, 2004. (uraufgeführt am Wiener Akademietheater) *Das Geschlecht der Engel, der Himmel der Heiligen: ein Brevier. Hanser, München 2001. *Khamsin. Fischer, Frankfurt 2002. (Enth. außerdem: Die Namen der Wüste) *Tristan da Cunha oder Die Hälfte der Erde. Roman. Hanser, München 2003. *Der wölfische Hunger, über das Alter der Jugend. Gollenstein, Blieskastel 2004. *Weissbuch. Hanser, München 2004. *Handbuch der Wolkenputzerei. Gesammelte Essays. Hanser, München 2005. *Die fünfte Welt, ein Logbuch. Haymon, Innsbruck 2007. *Homers Heimat. Der Kampf um Troia und seine realen Hintergründe. Hanser, München 2008. 8*Ilias. Neu übertragen von Raoul Schrott. Hanser, München 2008. *Die Politik des Heiligen in:

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88, 2010 *Die Blüte des nackten Körpers. Liebesgedichte aus dem Alten Ägypten. Übertragen von R. S. Hanser, München 2010. *Liebesgedichte. Nachwort Oliver Lubrich. Insel, Frankfurt 2010. *with Arthur Jacobs: Gehirn und Gedicht. Wie wir unsere Wirklichkeit konstruieren, Carl Hanser Verlag, München 2011 *Das schweigende Kind, Erzählung, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2012, *Erste Erde Epos. Hanser, Munich 2016, *Eine Geschichte des Windes. Novel, Hanser, Munich 2019

As editor

*Jahrbuch der Lyrik. Ed. with Christoph Buchwald. Fischer, Frankfurt o. M. 1999ff.

Trivia

* Between 1988 and 2008 Schrott published 22 books. * Schrott has translated Homer's ''Iliad'' into a contemporary German idiom with many colloquialisms. * Schrott has translated the

Epic of Gilgamesh The ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' () is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia, and is regarded as the earliest surviving notable literature and the second oldest religious text, after the Pyramid Texts. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with ...

to contemporary German.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schrott, Raoul 1964 births Living people Austrian male poets Alumni of the University of East Anglia People from Landeck District Translators of Homer