''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 research and
criticism
Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments to a written detailed response. , ''"the act of giving your opinion or judgment about the good or bad q ...
.
It was founded in 1963 by
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 ...
who edited it from then until his death in 2011.
At the time of the first edition, which appeared in 1963 and was dedicated to
Günter Grass
Günter Wilhelm Grass (born Graß; ; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He was born in the Free City of Da ...
,
the editorial team consisted of
Lothar Baier, Gerd Hemmerich, Jochen Meyer,
Wolf Wondratschek
Wolf Wondratschek (; born August 14, 1943) is a German author. He was born in Rudolstadt in Thuringia.
Life
Wondratschek grew up in Karlsruhe. From 1962 through 1967, he studied literature, philosophy and sociology at the Ruprecht Karl University ...
and Heinz Ludwig Arnold himself.
Each edition is focused on a different theme, which usually means it deals with one specific German-language writer. Featured writers have been as varied as
Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno ( , ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist, musicologist, and composer.
He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of criti ...
,
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century.
Arendt was born ...
,
Arno Schmidt
Arno Schmidt (; 18 January 1914 – 3 June 1979) was a German author and translator. He is little known outside of German-speaking areas, in part because his works present a formidable challenge to translators. Although he is not one of the p ...
,
Paul Celan
Paul Celan (; ; 23 November 1920 – c. 20 April 1970) was a Romanian-born German-language poet and translator. He was born as Paul Antschel to a Jewish family in Cernăuți (German: Czernowitz), in the then Kingdom of Romania (now Chernivtsi, U ...
,
Daniel Kehlmann
Daniel Kehlmann (; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.[Herta Müller
Herta Müller (; born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Nițchidorf (german: Nitzkydorf, link=no), Timiș County in Romania, her native language is G ...]
,
Yoko Tawada
Yōko Tawada (多和田葉子 ''Tawada Yōko'', born March 23, 1960) is a Japanese writer currently living in Berlin, Germany. She writes in both Japanese and German. Tawada has won numerous literary awards, including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tan ...
,
Hubert Fichte
Hubert Fichte (; 21 March 1935, Perleberg, Province of Brandenburg – 8 March 1986) was a German novelist.
Life
Hubert Fichte was born on 21 March 1935 in Perleberg Hospital. A few weeks after his birth his family moved to Hamburg-Lokstedt. ...
,
Emine Sevgi Özdamar
Emine Sevgi Özdamar (born 10 August 1946) is a writer, director, and actress of Turkish origin who resides in Germany and has resided there for many years. Özdamar's art is unique in that it is influenced by her life experiences, which straddl ...
,
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-g ...
,
Felicitas Hoppe
Felicitas Hoppe (born 22 December 1960) is a German writer. She received the Georg Büchner Prize in 2012.
Biography
Early years
Felicitas Hoppe was born in Hamelin, Lower Saxony, and grew up there. After her Abitur she studied literature, r ...
and
Rainald Goetz
Rainald Maria Goetz (born 24 May 1954, in Munich) is a German author, playwright and essayist.
Biography
After studying History and Medicine in Munich and earning a degree (PhD and M.D) in each, he soon concentrated on his writing.
His first p ...
.
In 2013 ''Text+Kritik'' celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a special volume, ''Zukunft der Literatur'' (Future of Literature).
The journal is published four times per year in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
by . Co-editors are
Hugo Dittberner,
Norbert Hummelt
Norbert Hummelt (born 30 December 1962 in Neuss) is a German poet, essayist and translator."No ...
,
Hermann Korte,
Steffen Martus, Axel Ruckaberle,
Michael Scheffel
Michael Scheffel (born 27 February 1958, Frankfurt) is a professor for the history of modern German literature and more generally of Literary sciences at Wuppertal University. He is also a co-editor of Text+Kritik.
Life
After successful complet ...
, and .
References
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Quarterly journals
German-language journals
Literary magazines published in Germany
Music magazines published in Germany
Visual arts magazines published in Germany
Film magazines