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Oskar Pastior

オスカー・パスティオール

Osukā Pasutiooru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-10-20 (Sibiu (Hermannstadt))
Died
2006-10-04 (Frankfurt) age 78
Nationality
Transylvanian Saxon (Romanian), German
Languages
German, Romanian
Residence History
Sibiu, Romania → Bucharest, Romania → Munich, West Berlin

Career

Occupations
poet, translator
Active Years
1964-2006
Affiliations
Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company, Oulipo
Memberships
Oulipo (only German member)

Education

University of Bucharest
German studies
Period: 1955頃
Year of Graduation: 1955
Country: Romania
Studied German studies

Awards

Georg Büchner Prize
2006
Organization: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Offne Worte

1964 poetry collection

First collection of poems

Many glove compartments: selected poems

2001 poetry collection

Selected poems

Poempoems

1990 poetry collection

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Romanian literature (Tudor Arghezi, George Coşbuc, Tristan Tzara, etc.) into German

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Constrained writing (Oulipo)

Health

  • Forced labor
    1945-1949
    Forced labor in USSR, influenced his poetry

Legacy

Only German member of Oulipo, recipient of Georg Büchner Prize. Experiences inspired Herta Müller's novel.

In Popular Culture

  • Basis for Herta Müller's The Hunger Angel

Trivia

  • Informer for Securitate (alias Otto Stein)
  • Homosexual, vulnerable to blackmail