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Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Enzensberger in Warsaw, 2006
Enzensberger in Warsaw, 2006
Born(1929-11-11)11 November 1929
Kaufbeuren,Bavaria,Germany
Died24 November 2022(2022-11-24)(aged 93)
Munich,Bavaria, Germany
Pen name
  • Andreas Thalmayr
  • Giorgio Pellizzi
  • Linda Quilt
  • Elisabeth Ambras
OccupationWriter
LanguageGerman
EducationUniversity of Erlangen–Nuremberg
Genres
  • Poetry
  • essay
  • novel
Notable works
Notable awards
Signature

Hans Magnus Enzensberger(11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonymsAndreas Thalmayr,Elisabeth Ambras,Linda QuiltandGiorgio Pellizzi.Enzensberger was regarded as one of the literary founding figures of theFederal Republic of Germanyand wrote more than 70 books,[1]with works translated into 40 languages. He was one of the leading authors inGroup 47,and influenced the 1968West German student movement.He was awarded theGeorg Büchner Prizeand thePour le Mérite,among many others.

Life and career[edit]

Enzensberger was born in 1929 inKaufbeuren,a small town inBavaria,as the eldest of four boys.[2]His father, Andreas Enzensberger, worked as a telecommunications technician, and his mother, Leonore (Ledermann) Enzensberger, a kindergarten teacher.[3][4]Enzensberger was part of the last generation of intellectuals whose writing was shaped by first-hand experience of Nazi Germany.[a]The Enzensberger family moved toNurembergin 1931.[2]Julius Streicher,the founder and publisher of the virulently antisemiticDer Stürmer,was their next-door neighbour. Hans Magnus joined theHitler Youthin his teens, but was expelled soon afterwards. "I have always been incapable of being a good comrade. I can't stay in line. It's not in my character. It may be a defect, but I can't help it."[2]

In 1949, after completing hisAbiturinNördlingen,[5]Enzensberger studied literature and philosophy at the universities ofErlangen,Freiburg,andHamburg,and at theSorbonnein Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1955 for a thesis aboutClemens Brentano's poetry.[6][7][8]Until 1957 he worked as a radio editor inStuttgartwithAlfred Andersch;[9]he criticized in a radio essayDer Spiegel's language style.[10]He became one of the leading authors in theGroup 47,an institution that shaped the culture of Germany after World War II.[11][12]In 1957 Group 47 memberIngeborg Bachmannand Enzensberger began to exchange letters.[13][14]His first literary publication was the poem collectionverteidigung der wölfe(Defense of the Wolves) in 1957, followed bylandessprachein 1960, both originally in all-lowercase.[15][16]They were perceived as opposition to the establishment of those who had been on battle fields and in camps[clarification needed],described as "furious, elegant and of controlled rage" ( "furios, elegant und von kontrollierter Wut" ).[1]He played the role "zorniger junger Mann" (angry young man) as British role models.[17]In 1960, he was the editor ofMuseum der modernen Poesie(Museum of modern poetry), an anthology of poems by contemporary authors in a juxtaposition of original and translation, which was rare at the time.[1][18]From 1960 to 1961, Enzensberger was aliterary editor(Verlagslektor) atSuhrkampin Frankfurt.[9]He spoke several languages, intensified by travels: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish and some Russian.[1]With a volume of essays published in 1962,Einzelheiten,he entered the position of a critical intellectual which he held for life.[17]

Between 1965 and 1975 he lived briefly in the United States (Fellow of the Center for Advanced StudiesWesleyan University)[b][19]and Cuba.[20]He had the composerHans Werner Henzeinvited to Cuba in 1969, and wrote the libretto for hisEl Cimarrónfor baritone and three instrumentalists based on the memories of the escaped slaveEsteban Montejo.[21]

Kursbuch,first edition

From 1965, Enzensberger edited the magazineKursbuch[de];[22]his writings influenced the 1968West German student movement.[11]He was editor of the prestigious book seriesDie Andere Bibliothek[de],published in Frankfurt, from 1985; it reached almost 250 titles.[23]He promoted the writersRyszard Kapuscinski,Raoul Schrott,Irene Dische,Christoph Ransmayr,andW.G. Sebald,among others.[3]Together withGaston Salvatore,Enzensberger was the founder of the left-wing monthlyTransAtlantik[de].[24]The literary journal survived for only two years.[3]

In his 1987 bookAch Europa! Wahrnehmungen aus sieben Ländern,Enzensberger used already the termsOssi and Wessi.[25]

Personal life[edit]

Enzensberger was the older brother of the authorChristian Enzensberger.[26]He was married three times, includingMasha,and had two daughters, includingTheresia Enzensberger[de].[3]Mathematics was his passion.[27]

Enzensberger lived inNorway,Italy, Mexico, Cuba, the United States,West Berlin,and since 1979 inMunich[28][5]where he died on 24 November 2022, at age 93.[11][29][30]

Work[edit]

Enzensberger wrote in a sarcastic, ironic tone in many of his poems.[31]For example, the poem "Middle Class Blues" consists of various typicalities of middle class life, with the phrase "we can't complain" repeated several times, and concludes with "what are we waiting for?". Many of his poems also feature themes of civil unrest over economic- and class-based issues. Though primarily a poet and essayist, he also ventured into theatre, film, opera, radio drama, reportage and translation. He wrote novels and several books for children (includingThe Number Devil,an exploration of mathematics, translated in 34 languages)[32]and was co-author of a book forGerman as a foreign language,(Die Suche).[33]He often wrote his poems and lettersin lower case.[34]Tumult,written in 2014, is an autobiographical reflection of his 1960s as a left-wing sympathizer visiting theSoviet Unionand Cuba.[35][36]His own work has been translated into more than 40 languages.[7]

Landsberger Poesieautomat (Poetry-Machine)

Enzensberger also invented and collaborated in the construction of a machine which automatically composes poems (Landsberger Poesieautomat[de]).[37]This was used during the2006 Football World Cupto commentate on games.[38][39]

Enzensberger criticized theGerman orthography reform,the dominance of the internet and the construction of theEU.[40]

Enzensberger translatedAdam Zagajewski,Lars Gustafsson,Pablo Neruda,W. H. AudenandCésar Vallejo.[41][2][42]WithIrene Dischehe wrote the libretto for Sallinen's fifth operaThe Palace.[43]The theatre premiere of a drama after his long poemDer Untergang der Titanicon 7 May 1980 was directed byGeorge Taboriat the Werkraumtheater Munich.[44]

"Consciousness industry"[edit]

Enzensberger's 1974 workThe consciousness industry; on literature, politics and the mediagave rise to the term "consciousness industry", which identifies the mechanisms through which the human mind is reproduced as a social product. Foremost among these mechanisms are the institutions ofmass mediaandeducation.According to Enzensberger, the mind industry does not produce anything specific; rather, its main business is to perpetuate the existing order of man's domination over man.[45]Hans Haackeelaborates on the consciousness industry as it applies to the arts in a wider system of production, distribution, and consumption.[46]: 273 Haacke specifically implicates museums as manufacturers of aesthetic perception that fail to acknowledge their intellectual, political, andmoral authority:"rather than sponsoring intelligent, critical awareness, museums thus tend to foster appeasement."[46]: 280 

Honors and awards[edit]

In 2009, Enzensberger received a special lifetime recognition award given by the trustees of the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry,[7]which also awards the annualGriffin Poetry Prize.[28]

Published works[edit]

  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1981) [1957].Verteidigung der Wölfe: Gedichte(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-01711-X.OCLC7589588.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1969) [1960].Landessprache. Gedichte(in German). (Frankfurt a.M.): Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-10304-0.OCLC1820152.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (2012).Allerleirauh viele schöne Kinderreime(in German). Berlin.ISBN978-3-458-17535-3.OCLC779627444.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1964).Einzelheiten, I. Bewusstseins-Industrie(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-10063-7.OCLC16841964.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1978).Politik und Verbrechen: neun Beiträge(in German). Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-36942-3.OCLC610973978.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1967).Blindenschrift(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-10217-6.OCLC489767810.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1967).Deutschland, Deutschland unter anderm: Äußerungen zur Politik(in German). Frankfurt am Main.ISBN3-518-10203-6.OCLC490053596.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1972).Der kurze Sommer der Anarchie; Buenaventura Durrutis Leben und Tod. Roman(in German). Frankfurt am Main]: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-02760-3.OCLC682651.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1981).Gespräche mit Marx und Engels(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-37216-5.OCLC8736685.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1974).Palaver: polit. Überlegungen (1967-1973)(in German). Frankfurt, am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-00696-7.OCLC1185400.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1978).Mausoleum: Siebenunddreissig Balladen aus der Geschichte des Fortschritts(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-01602-4.OCLC9376137.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1985).Politische Brosamen(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-37632-2.OCLC12842864.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1987).Ach Europa!: Wahrnehmungen aus sieben Ländern: mit einem Epilog aus dem Jahre 2006(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-04432-X.OCLC17677593.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1988).Mittelmass und Wahn: gesammelte Zerstreuungen(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-40131-9.OCLC19025463.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1993).Zukunftsmusik(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-38723-5.OCLC30121446.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus; Calderón de la Barca, Pedro (1992).Die Tochter der Luft: ein Schauspiel: nach dem Spanischen des Calderón de la Barca(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-40429-6.OCLC25601695.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1994).Die grosse Wanderung dreiunddreissig Markierungen; mit einer Fussnote "Über einige Besonderheiten bei der Menschenjagd"(in German). Frankfurt am Main.ISBN978-3-518-38834-1.OCLC611293243.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1997).Zickzack: Aufsätze(in German). Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-40858-5.OCLC37034067.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus; Glotz, Peter (1997).Baukasten zu einer Theorie der Medien[de]:kritische Diskurse zur Pressefreiheit(in German). München: R. Fischer.ISBN3-88927-162-6.OCLC37001956.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus;Berner, Rotraut Susanne(1999).Der Zahlenteufel: ein Kopfkissenbuch für alle, die Angst vor der Mathematik haben(in German). München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.ISBN3-423-62015-3.OCLC44578757.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (2000).Wo warst du, Robert?[de].Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.ISBN3-423-62045-5.OCLC47207398.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (2005).Leichter als Luft: moralische Gedichte(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-45666-0.OCLC57746201.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (2006).Schreckens Männer: Versuch über den radikalen Verlierer(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-06820-2.OCLC69019611.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1964).Einzelheiten, I. Bewusstseins-Industrie(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-10063-7.OCLC16841964.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (1984).Einzelheiten II: Poesie und Politik(in German). [Frankfurt am Main]: Suhrkamp.ISBN3-518-10087-4.OCLC18665474.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (2006).Gedichte, 1950-2005(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN978-3-518-45823-5.OCLC76949101.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (2007).Im Irrgarten der Intelligenz: ein Idiotenführer(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN978-3-518-12532-8.OCLC170906920.
  • Enzensberger, Hans Magnus (2008).Hammerstein, oder, Der Eigensinn: eine deutsche Geschichte(in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp.ISBN978-3-518-41960-1.OCLC190795588.

Bibliography (English)[edit]

Articles[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^Contemporaries includeGünter Grass(1927–2015),Martin Walser(born 1927) andJürgen Habermas(born 1929).
  2. ^Enzensberger left the United States prematurely in protest against US foreign policy.

References[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • "Artikel: Trauer um Hans Magnus Enzensberger".Der Bundespräsident(in German). 25 November 2022.Retrieved26 November2022.
  • Cordsen, Knut (25 November 2022)."Hans Magnus Enzensberger ist tot".BR24(in German).Retrieved26 November2022.
  • Schmidt, Jan Hendrik (2007).Enzensberger und die Mathematik. Zwischen Faszination und Unverständnis(in German). München.ISBN978-3-638-77216-7.OCLC724274890.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Lau, Jörg (1999).Hans Magnus Enzensberger: ein öffentliches Leben(in German). Berlin: A. Fest.ISBN3-8286-0049-2.OCLC42668925.
  • Fritsche, Martin:Hans Magnus Enzensbergers produktionsorientierte Moral. Konstanten in der Ästhetik eines Widersachers der Gleichheit.Dissertation, Technische Universität Berlin; Peter Lang, Bern u. a. 1997, 264 p., hardcover,ISBN978-3-906757-91-9.(Zur politischen Haltung, politischen Polemik und Provokation im Werk Enzensbergers.)
  • Rommerskirchen, Theo:Hans Magnus Enzensberger.In: viva signatur si! Remagen-Rolandseck 2005,ISBN978-3-926943-85-9.
  • Barbey, Rainer:Unheimliche Fortschritte. Natur, Technik und Mechanisierung im Werk von Hans Magnus Enzensberger.dissertation, University of Regensburg;Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,Göttingen 2007, 248 p., hardcover,ISBN978-3-89971-345-9,Inhaltsverzeichnis(table of content, in German, PDF),Einleitung(introduction, in German, PDF).
  • Cuervo, Francisco Adolfo Aristizábal:Der Dichter als Übersetzer: Auf Spurensuche: Hans Magnus Enzensbergers Übersetzungsmethode(n).Tectum Verlag, 2008,ISBN978-3-8288-9697-0.
  • Park, Hyun Jeong:"Das Ende der Welt ist vielleicht nur ein Provisorium". Ökologisch-postapokalyptisches Denken im lyrischen und essayistischen Werk Hans Magnus Enzensbergers.Diss, University of Munich, Aisthesis, Bielefeld 2010,ISBN978-3-89528-747-3.
  • Hans Magnus Enzensberger und die Ideengeschichte der Bundesrepublik,with an Essay byLars Gustafsson.Universitätsverlag Winter, 2010,ISBN978-3-8253-5758-0
  • Clayton, Alan J.:Writing with the Words of Others: Essays on the Poetry of Hans Magnus Enzensberger.Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2010, 272 p.,ISBN978-3-8260-4308-6.
  • Arnold, Heinz Ludwig (ed.):Text+Kritik:Hans Magnus Enzensberger,Edition Text+Kritik, third edition,ISBN978-3-86916-083-2
  • Marmulla, Henning:Enzensbergers Kursbuch. Eine Zeitschrift um 68.Matthes & Seitz Berlin[de]2011,ISBN978-3-88221-624-0.

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