Hanns Grössel (18 April 1932, in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

– 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 (; "West German Broadcasting Cologne"), shortened to WDR (), is a German public broadcasting, public-broadcasting institution based in the States of Germany, Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a const ...

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 Cecil Bødker (27 March 1927 – 19 April 2020) was a Danish writer and poet, most known for young adult fiction books about the character "Silas". For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Chr ...

: 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 Marcel Griaule (16 May 1898 – 23 February 1956) was a French author and anthropologist known for his studies of the Dogon people of West Africa, and for pioneering ethnographic field studies in France. He worked together with Germaine ...

: ''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 Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , ; ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danes, Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical tex ...

: ''Der Augenblick'', Nördlingen 1988 *

Paul Léautaud Paul Léautaud (18 January 1872 – 22 February 1956) was a French writer and theater critic for ''Mercure de France'', signing his often caustic reviews with the pseudonym Maurice Boissard. Life He was born in Paris. Abandoned by his mother, ...

: ''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: ''Echsentage'', Neuwied .a.1964 * Leif Panduro: ''Fern aus Dänemark'', Frankfurt am Main 1972 * André Pieyre de Mandiargues: ''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 Klaus Rifbjerg (15 December 1931 – 4 April 2015) was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays. In 1965 he co-produced the film '' 4x4'' which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. Biography R ...

: ''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 a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary criticism, literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th ...

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

Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer who created the fictional detective Jules Maigret. One of the most prolific and successful authors of the 20th century, he published around 400 ...

: ''Der Bürgermeister von Furnes'', Zürich 1984 * Georges Simenon: ''Die Witwe Couderc'', Zürich 1982 * Villy Sørensen: ''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 winters in Sweden, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer' ...

: ''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 the Steward of the Realm, the traitor ...

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

Boris Vian Boris Vian (; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of th ...

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

Awards

* Petrarca-Preis (1993) *

Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie Preis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Preis (1911–1993), Austrian architect * Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer * Mary Louise Preis (born 1941), ...

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