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Ingeborg Santor

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Seitenzahl: 32

Beschreibung

Die deutsch-englische Gedichtauswahl (als Paperback und E-Book) widmet Ingeborg Santor ihrer langjährigen Londoner Übersetzerin Ruth Ingram. Drei Zwischentitel stehen für die Hauptthemen des Bandes:'Calendar Leaves' (Kalenderblätter), 'Catching Light' (Lichtfänger) und 'Years gone by' (Mit den Jahren. Wie die Natur sich mit den Jahreszeiten verändert, wird in diesem Gedichten oft aus ungewohntem Blickwinkel gesehen und spürbar gemacht. Immer wieder in poetische Sprache verwandelt auch die Faszination des Lichts - Licht, das nicht nur die von der Autorin geliebten nördlichen Landschaften am Meer, sondern auch ganz alltägliche Dinge aufleuchten lässt und zu kleinen Kunstwerken machen kann. Prägende Lebensphasen wie Kindheit, Glück und Verlust in der Liebe, Vergänglichkeit und endgültige Abschiede finden im letzten Drittel des Bandes eindringlichen lyrischen Ausdruck. - Ihre durchweg gelungene Entsprechung finden die Gedichte in der einfühlsamen Übersetzung ins Englische von Ruth Ingram. Die Auswahl beruht weitgehend auf Santors Lyrikband LICHTFÄNGER (BoD 2014), enthält aber auch Gedichte aus früheren, inzwischen vergriffenen Büchern.

Leseprobe

Ingeborg Santor (born 1941 in Koblenz) was employed as editor in various publishing houses; after that she worked freelance as editor and text-writer for museums until 2003.

Several of her poems and short stories first appeared in journals and newspapers. Some essays, documentary features and poems were broadcast on Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk and Südwestfunk. Her first book publications were two collections of poems: ‘Amsellied und Krähenschrei’and ‘Im Schneelicht’ plus a selection of short stories. Some poems and prose texts were translated into Polish and printed in literary journals and anthologies in Poland.

Ingeborg Santor has also translated some English poetry, including poems by John Rety. Together with him and Ruth Ingram she has had the collection ‘Between Languages’ published by Hearing Eye. In particular she worked on Judy Gahagan’s long poetic biography of King Ludwig II. of Bavaria: ‘Tours around the Soul of Ludwig’ appeared bilingually in 2009.

In 2014 her collection of poems ‘Lichtfänger’ was published and in 2016 a storytelling book about her childhood ‘Frühe Zimmer, kleine Jahre’.

Ruth Ingram (born 1927 in Berlin) was formerly a principal lecturer and course Director of a postgraduate course in Applied Social Studies. Later she worked with textiles and photography. She exhibited in various galleries in London and in her own home. She now mainly concentrates on translating German poetry. She also organises a poetry translation workshop which meets quarterly. Participants call themselves ‘Camden Mews Translators’ and have published two anthologies of translations from French and German entitled ‘Over the Water’ and ‘Across Frontiers’

She has had two collections of translations published: ‘Selected Poems by Hans Sahl’ and ‘Selected Poems by Arno Holz’ as well as the anthology ‘In Exile. Poems by Hilde Domin, Mascha Kaléko and Hans Sahl. Several of her own poems and some translations appeared in six publications of the Highgate Poets magazine.

A long poem by Hilde Domin was published in ‘Modern Poetry in Translation’ and two of her translations of poems by Hans Sahl were printed recently in the poetry journal ‘Fenland Reed’.

This book is dedicated to my friend Ruth Ingram who has translated most of my poems since 1999. I'm much obliged to Ruth for her sensitive work, her encouragement and patience.

Ingeborg Santor, June 2017

Inhalt / Contents

Calendar Leaves

Vorhut /

Vanguard

Hasenjahr /

The year of the hare

Treibhauskinder /

Hothouse children

Verirrt /

Gone astray

Präsentation /

Display

Die Schöne /

The Beauty

Frühjahrslaune /

Spring mood

Eingekocht /

Cooked apples

Sommers Zenit /

Summer's Zenith

Glühen wie kurz /

Brief glow

Herbstgänge wieder /

Autumnal walks again

Herbst /

Autumn

Beim Öffnen der Hände /

At the opening of my hands

Novembertee /

November Tea

Reste /

Remains

Winter-Haiku /

Winter Haiku

Stille Post /

Chinese whispers

Vorrat /

Provision

Catching Light

Morgenbesuch /

Morning Visit

Beim Gehen auf den Flutsaum zu /

While walking

towards the tide line

Kalligraphie /

Calligraphy

Mauersegler /

Swifts

Lichtfänger /

Catching Light

Gewitterbericht /

Thunderstorm

Nördliche Fahrt ins Graue /

Northerly Journey into Grey

Spökenkieker-Lied /

Spooky Song

Donaukiesel /

Danube pebble

Donau stromauf /

Donau stream-up

Die Krutynia /

The Krutynia

Sein Geheimnis /

His Secret

Le bel excentrique Eric Satie

Winterlicht /

Winter Light

Ohnegleichen /

Without Equal

Später Gast /

Late guest

Alter Freund /

Old friend

Perpetuum mobile /

Perpetuum mobile

Years gone by

Kinderzimmer /

Children's room

Wieder gefunden /

Found again

Mondnacht /

Moon night

Verlustanzeige /

Reporting a loss

Für eine Amsel /

For a blackbird

Vorweggenommener Abschied /

Anticipated parting

Zuletzt /

At last

Sonntagsfrühstück solo /

Sunday breakfast solo

Auf einmal /

Suddenly

Meine Jahre /

My years

Verlässlich /

Dependable

Astern /

Asters

Luftbuchung /

Wind publication

Ablagerung /

Deposit

Erinnerung /

Memory

Im Kopf meiner Mutter /

In my mother's head

Antwort /

Answer

Winter

Wachtraum /

Day dreaming

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