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Andre Rudolph

アンドレ・ルドルフ

Andre Rudolph

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1975-01-01 (Warsaw)
Nationality
German
Languages
German, Polish

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, translator
Active Years
2007-
Affiliations
PEN Centre Germany
Memberships
PEN Centre Germany
Influenced By
Tadeusz Dąbrowski

Education

University of Leipzig
Faculty of Humanities / German studies, Philosophy, Slavic studies
Country: Germany
Sources indicate he studied in Leipzig; detailed enrollment information is not available.

Awards

Lyrikpreis Meran
2010
Organization: Lyrikpreis Meran
Result: 受賞
Kranichsteiner Literatur-Förderpreis
2010
Organization: Kranichsteiner Literature Promotion Prize
Result: 受賞
kunst:raum sylt quelle scholarship
2010
Organization: kunst:raum sylt quelle
Result: 受賞
Working grant of the German Literature Fund
2010
Organization: German Literature Fund (Deutscher Literaturfonds)
Result: 受賞
Wolfgang Weyrauch Promotion Prize
2011
Organization: Literary March Darmstadt
Result: 受賞
Residency grant at Künstlerhaus Lukas
2011
Organization: Künstlerhaus Lukas
Result: 受賞
Working grant of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
2011
Organization: Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
Result: 受賞
Stadtschreiber of the city of Tübingen
2013
Organization: City of Tübingen
Result: 受賞
Promotion prize to the Mörike Prize
2015
Organization: Mörike Prize of the City of Fellbach
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

fluglärm über den palästen unsrer restinnerlichkeit

2009 poetry

Debut poetry collection exploring urban noise, memory, and the border between interiority and the public, with an experimental approach.

urbanitymemoryinteriority vs. publicness

confessional poetry

2012 poetry

A poetry collection bearing an English title, characterized by confessional expression and modern poetic experiments.

selfconfessionlinguistic experimentation

Blicktot, Nixe (Klaffende Tags)

2015 poetry

Poems that layer fragmented, sharp images; themes of gaze and seeing recur.

gazefragmentationimagery

Ich bin für Frieden, Armut und Polyamorie – welche Partei soll ich wählen?

2020 poetry

A poetry collection that treats political and social themes with satire, addressing diverse values and contradictions of contemporary society.

politicssocial critiquediversity

Bibliography

  • fluglärm über den palästen unsrer restinnerlichkeit (2009)
  • confessional poetry (2012)
  • Blicktot, Nixe (Klaffende Tags) (2015)
  • Ich bin für Frieden, Armut und Polyamorie – welche Partei soll ich wählen? (2020)

Translations by Author

  • Krzysztof Siwczyk — Im Reich der Mitte. Selected Poems (translation, 2007)
  • Tadeusz Dąbrowski — Schwarzes Quadrat auf schwarzem Grund. Selected Poems (translation, 2010)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporary poetryexperimental and fragmentary expressioncalm, observational voice
Recurring Motifs
urban noisememory and forgettinggaze and observation

Legacy

Andre Rudolph is a prominent poet and translator in the German-speaking world since the 2000s, acting as a cultural bridge through his translations of Polish poetry. He has received several literary prizes and contributed to experimental expressions in contemporary poetry.

Academic Societies

  • PEN Centre Germany

Archives

  • Holdings at the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)

Trivia

  • Born in Warsaw in 1975 and raised in Leipzig.
  • Known also as a translator of Polish poetry, introducing poets such as Tadeusz Dąbrowski to German readers.
  • Received several literary awards around 2010.