Karl Dedecius – eine Retrospektive
Karl Dedecius – A Retrospective
Author(s): Przemysław ChojnowskiSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: comparative literature; Karl Dedecius; translation; Polish-German literary relationships
Summary/Abstract: Karl Dedecius (1921–2016) is regarded as the most productive German translator of Polish literature and the leading personality of German-Polish dialogue in the second half of the 20th century. He left an extensive oeuvre, which includes about 200 translated books of Polish and Russian literature (including numerous literary anthologies) and several own essayist works. Among them there are 50 volumes of the “Polish Library” as well as his monumental “Panorama of the Polish Literature of the 20th Century”. The list of authors translated by him has more than 300 names.
Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 311-322
- Page Count: 12
- Language: German
