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Paul-Henri Campbell

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Paul-Henri Campbell

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
null （Boston, Massachusetts, United States）
Died
null
Nationality
Germany, United States
Languages
English, German
Religion
Catholicism
Residence History
Massachusetts (grew up) → Bavaria (high school) → Frankfurt am Main (studies) → Vienna (residence)

Career

Occupations
author, poet, editor, translator, columnist
Active Years
2010-2025
Affiliations
PEN Berlin (founding member; elected to board 2024), Diocese of Limburg (former position), Austrian Conference of Religious Orders (former position)
Memberships
PEN Berlin (founding member), Young Academy of Sciences and Literature (Mainz)
Influenced By
Judith Butler (inspiration for the term 'salutonormativity')

Education

National University of Ireland
Classical Philology; Catholic Theology / Ancient Greek
Country: Ireland
Goethe University Frankfurt
Classical Philology; Theology
Country: Germany
Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology
Fundamental Theology (doctoral studies, discontinued)
Country: Germany
Discontinued doctoral studies

Awards

Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis (Bavarian Arts Promotion Prize)
2017
Work: nach den narkosen
Category: Literature
Organization: Bavarian state government (cultural office)
Result: 受賞
Junior Award at the Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis
2018
Work: nach den narkosen
Organization: Hermann Hesse Literature Prize Foundation
Result: 受賞
Audience Appreciation Award at the Dresdner Lyrikpreis
2022
Organization: Dresdner Lyrikpreis
Result: 受賞
Alfred-Gruber-Preis at the Lyrikpreis Meran
2022
Organization: Lyrikpreis Meran
Result: 受賞
Residency at the Ubbelohde-Haus
2022
Category: Residency
Organization: Otto Ubbelohde House
Result: 選出
Dresdner Chamisso Poetics Lectureship
2021
Category: Lectureship
Organization: Dresdner Chamisso Program
Result: 受賞
Membership in the Young Academy of Sciences and Literature (Mainz)
2020
Category: Membership
Organization: Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz
Result: 任命
Innovation Award from the Centre for Pastoral Research (for work on religious tattoos)
2023
Work: Tattoo & Religion (work on religious tattoos)
Organization: Centre for Pastoral Research
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

duktus operandi.

2010 Poetry

Early collection of experimental poems emphasizing sound and diction.

linguistic experimentpersonal fragments

meinwahnstraße.

2011 Short stories

Collection of stories depicting unstable relationships and emotional misfires.

love and obsessioneveryday unease

Space Race.

2012 Poetry

A poetry collection crossing English and German, exploring space, distance, and linguistic gaps.

distancelinguistic boundaries

Am Ende der Zeilen | At the End of Days

2013 Poetry

Bilingual poetry examining apocalyptic motifs and personal imagery.

apocalypsepersonal vision

nach den narkosen | after anesthesia

2017 Poetry

A poetry collection focused on illness and corporeality; develops a poetics of illness and introduces the concept 'salutonormativity.'

illnessbodily experienceinsufficiency

innere organe.

2022 Poetry

A collection exploring internal bodily images, focusing on illness and interiority.

internal organs imagerybody and self

Bibliography

  • duktus operandi. (2010)
  • meinwahnstraße. (2011)
  • Space Race. (2012)
  • Am Ende der Zeilen | At the End of Days (2013)
  • nach den narkosen (2017)
  • innere organe. (2022)

Translations by Author

  • Koleka Putuma: Kollektive Amnesie (German translation, 2020)
  • Ilma Rakusa: Love After Love (English translation, 2021)
  • Works by Ludwig Steinherr (translations, 2013–2017)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
experimental, fragmentary poetic dictionmodern treatment of illness and the bodybilingual / translingual expression
Recurring Motifs
bodyillnessfaith and religious symbolismtattoosdistance and estrangement

Health

  • congenital heart defect
    出生時から
    Has affected health and writing throughout life; has carried a pacemaker since age 24.

Legacy

Known for poetry and criticism that traverse illness, the body, religiosity and tattoo culture. Moves between German- and English-speaking spheres and introduced concepts such as a poetics of illness and 'salutonormativity' to contemporary poetry.

Academic Societies

  • Academy of Sciences and Literature (Young Academy, Mainz)

In Popular Culture

  • Podcast 'ÄNDERN leben' discussing spirituality with guests such as chefs and artists

Quotes

  • Presents a position of a 'poetics of illness'.
    Source: Deutschlandfunk interview (2017) (2017)

Trivia

  • Has a congenital heart defect and has carried a pacemaker since age 24.
  • Works as an author, poet, editor and translator.
  • Married to violist and writer Tamara Štajner.
  • Noted for writings and edited volumes on tattoos and religion.