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'''Christian Enzensberger''' (24 December 1931 – 27 January 2009) was a [[Germany|German]] Professor of [[English studies]], [[author]] and a [[Translation|translator]] of [[English literature]] into [[German language]].
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'''Christian Enzensberger''' (24 December 1931 – 27 January 2009) was a German Professor of [[English studies]], author and a translator of [[English literature]] into German.
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From 1969 until 1982, Enzensberger held a post as Professor of English Literature at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]]. He is today chiefly known in Germany for his 1963 translation of Lewis Carroll's [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] and [[Through the Looking-Glass|Alice through the Looking-Glass]].


==Life==
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In 1970 Enzensberger became the only author ever to refuse the [[Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen]], offered in the wake of the publication of ''Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz'' (translated by Sandra Morris and published by Calder & Boyars in 1972 as ''Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt''). The book generated a furore when it was first published in Germany, not least due to its linking of personal cleanliness with totalitarianism. ''Smut'' is an experimental work in which dirt is described scientifically, personally and peversely by a panopoly of narrative voices, including fragments from the anthropologist [[Mary Douglas]] alongside writers from [[Samuel Beckett]] through [[William S. Burroughs]] to [[Jean Genet]]. It has since then fallen into neglect and remains out of print in both English and German.
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Born in [[Nuremberg]], Enzensberger was one of the more enigmatic figures in German letters. Younger brother of the literary celebrity and political figure [[Hans Magnus Enzensberger]], he maintained a relatively low media profile throughout his career, in spite of being embroiled in one of the more interesting literary scandals of early 70s Germany.{{citation needed|date=January 2009}}

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From 1969 until 1994, Enzensberger held a post as Professor of English Literature at the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich]]. He is today chiefly known in Germany for his 1963 translation of Lewis Carroll's [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] and [[Through the Looking-Glass|Alice through the Looking-Glass]].

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In 1970, Enzensberger became the only author ever to refuse the [[Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen]], offered in the wake of the publication of ''Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz'' (translated by Sandra Morris and published by Calder & Boyars in 1972 as ''Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt''). The book generated a furore when it was first published in Germany, not least due to its linking of personal cleanliness with totalitarianism. ''Smut'' is an experimental work in which dirt is described scientifically, personally and perversely by a panoply of narrative voices, including fragments from the anthropologist [[Mary Douglas]] alongside writers from [[Samuel Beckett]] through [[William S. Burroughs]] to [[Jean Genet]]. It has since then fallen into neglect and remains out of print in both English and German.


He died in [[Munich]] in January 2009.
He died in [[Munich]] in January 2009.


== Published works (selection)==
== Published works (selection)==
* ''Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz''. 1968 (''Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt''. 1972, translated by Sandra Morris)
* ''Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz''. 1968 (''Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt''. 1972, translated by Sandra Morris) published in the U.S. by Continuum Books in 1974.<ref name="Enzensberger 1974 p. ">{{cite book | last=Enzensberger | first=Christian | title=Smut; an anatomy of dirt | publisher=Seabury Press | publication-place=New York | date=1974 | isbn=0-8164-9183-6 | oclc=704932 | page=}}</ref>
* ''Viktorianische Lyrik. [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson]] und [[Algernon Charles Swinburne|Swinburne]] in der Geschichte der Entfremdung''. Hanser Verlag, München 1969
* ''Viktorianische Lyrik. [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson]] und [[Algernon Charles Swinburne|Swinburne]] in der Geschichte der Entfremdung''. Hanser Verlag, München 1969
* ''Literatur und Interesse - Eine politische Ästhetik mit zwei Beispielen aus der englischen Literatur. Band 1: Theorie. Band 2: Beispiele, Shakespeare ‚Der Kaufmann von Venedig’, Dickens ‚Oliver Twist’''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1977 (Zweite, fortgeschriebene Fassung 1981, ISBN 3-518-27902-5)
* ''Literatur und Interesse – Eine politische Ästhetik mit zwei Beispielen aus der englischen Literatur. Band 1: Theorie. Band 2: Beispiele, Shakespeare ‚Der Kaufmann von Venedig’, Dickens ‚Oliver Twist’''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1977 (Zweite, fortgeschriebene Fassung 1981, {{ISBN|3-518-27902-5}})
* ''Brief an Herbert Marcuse''. Akzente. Issue 1, Volume 25. February 1978
* ''Brief an [[Herbert Marcuse]]''. Akzente. Issue 1, Volume 25. February 1978
* ''Was ist was''. 1988
* ''Was ist was''. Greno Verlag, Nördlingen 1987, {{ISBN|3-891-90233-6}}


== Translations (selection) ==
== Translations (selection) ==
* ''Von [[Gerard Manley Hopkins|Hopkins]] bis [[Dylan Thomas]]. Englische Gedichte und deutsche Prosaübertragungen''. Gemeinsam mit Ursula Clemen, Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1961
* ''Von [[Gerard Manley Hopkins|Hopkins]] bis [[Dylan Thomas]]. Englische Gedichte und deutsche Prosaübertragungen''. Gemeinsam mit Ursula Clemen, Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1961
* George D. Painter: ''[[Marcel Proust]]. Teil 1''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1962
* George D. Painter: ''[[Marcel Proust]]. Teil 1''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1962
* [[Giorgos Seferis]]: ''Poesie. Gedichte. Griechisch und deutsch''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1962, 4. Auflage 2005 ISBN 3-518-01962-7
* [[Giorgos Seferis]]: ''Poesie. Gedichte. Griechisch und deutsch''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1962, 4. Auflage 2005 {{ISBN|3-518-01962-7}}
* [[Lewis Carroll]]: ''[[Alice im Wunderland]]''. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1963, TB ISBN 3-458-31742-2
* [[Lewis Carroll]]: ''[[Alice im Wunderland]]''. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1963, TB {{ISBN|3-458-31742-2}}
* Lewis Carroll: ''[[Alice hinter den Spiegeln]]''. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1963, TB ISBN 3-458-31797-X
* Lewis Carroll: ''[[Alice hinter den Spiegeln]]''. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1963, TB {{ISBN|3-458-31797-X}}
* [[Edith Sitwell]]: ''Gedichte. Englisch und deutsch''. Übersetzt von Christian Enzensberger, [[Erich Fried]] und Werner Vordtriede, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1964
* [[Edith Sitwell]]: ''Gedichte. Englisch und deutsch''. Übersetzt von Christian Enzensberger, [[Erich Fried]] und Werner Vordtriede, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1964
* [[Ogden Nash]]: ''I’m a Stranger Here Myself. Selected Poems - Ich bin leider hier auch fremd. Ausgewählte Gedichte''. Nachdichtungen von Christian Enzensberger, [[Walter Mehring]] und [[Ulrich Sonnemann]], Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1969
* [[Ogden Nash]]: ''I’m a Stranger Here Myself. Selected Poems – Ich bin leider hier auch fremd. Ausgewählte Gedichte''. Nachdichtungen von Christian Enzensberger, [[Walter Mehring]] und [[Ulrich Sonnemann]], Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1969
* [[Edward Bond]]: ''Trauer zu früh''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1969
* [[Edward Bond]]: ''Trauer zu früh''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1969
* Edward Bond: ''Lear''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1972
* Edward Bond: ''Lear''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1972
* [[T. S. Eliot]]: ''Gesammelte Gedichte 1909-1962. Zweisprachige Ausgabe''. Aus dem Englischen von Christian Enzensberger u. a., Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1972, TB 2002 ISBN 3-518-38067-2
* [[T. S. Eliot]]: ''Gesammelte Gedichte 1909–1962. Zweisprachige Ausgabe''. Aus dem Englischen von Christian Enzensberger u. a., Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1972, TB 2002 {{ISBN|3-518-38067-2}}
* Edward Bond: ''Bingo. Szenen von Geld und Tod''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1975
* Edward Bond: ''Bingo. Szenen von Geld und Tod''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1975
* [[Ian McEwan]]: ''[[Der Zementgarten]]''. Aus dem Englischen von einer studentischen Arbeitsgruppe unter Leitung von Christian Enzensberger, Diogenes Verlag, Zürich 1980, TB ISBN 3-257-20648-8
* [[Ian McEwan]]: ''[[Der Zementgarten]]''. Aus dem Englischen von einer studentischen Arbeitsgruppe unter Leitung von Christian Enzensberger, [[Diogenes Verlag]], Zürich 1980, TB {{ISBN|3-257-20648-8}}
* [[Samuel Beckett]]: ''Mehr Prügel als Flügel''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, TB ISBN 3-518-39183-6
* [[Samuel Beckett]]: ''Mehr Prügel als Flügel''. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, TB {{ISBN|3-518-39183-6}}


== Secondary literature (selection)==
== Secondary literature (selection)==
* Review of Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz by [[Wolfgang Hildesheimer]] published in [[Der Spiegel]], issue 1, 1969 page 96 under the headline ''Sauber ist nicht Schön''
* Review of Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz by [[Wolfgang Hildesheimer]] published in [[Der Spiegel]], issue 1, 1969 page 96 under the headline ''Sauber ist nicht Schön''


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Christian Enzensberger
man with glasses in raincoat and umbrella looking right
Born(1931-12-24)24 December 1931
Nuremberg, Germany
Died27 January 2009(2009-01-27) (aged 77)
Munich, Germany
OccupationProfessor of English Literature
NationalityGerman
Notable worksSmut: An Anatomy of Dirt; translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Alice through the Looking-Glass

Christian Enzensberger (24 December 1931 – 27 January 2009) was a German Professor of English studies, author and a translator of English literature into German.

Life

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Born in Nuremberg, Enzensberger was one of the more enigmatic figures in German letters. Younger brother of the literary celebrity and political figure Hans Magnus Enzensberger, he maintained a relatively low media profile throughout his career, in spite of being embroiled in one of the more interesting literary scandals of early 70s Germany.[citation needed]

From 1969 until 1994, Enzensberger held a post as Professor of English Literature at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is today chiefly known in Germany for his 1963 translation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking-Glass.

In 1970, Enzensberger became the only author ever to refuse the Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, offered in the wake of the publication of Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz (translated by Sandra Morris and published by Calder & Boyars in 1972 as Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt). The book generated a furore when it was first published in Germany, not least due to its linking of personal cleanliness with totalitarianism. Smut is an experimental work in which dirt is described scientifically, personally and perversely by a panoply of narrative voices, including fragments from the anthropologist Mary Douglas alongside writers from Samuel Beckett through William S. Burroughs to Jean Genet. It has since then fallen into neglect and remains out of print in both English and German.

He died in Munich in January 2009.

Published works (selection)

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  • Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz. 1968 (Smut: An Anatomy of Dirt. 1972, translated by Sandra Morris) published in the U.S. by Continuum Books in 1974.[1]
  • Viktorianische Lyrik. Tennyson und Swinburne in der Geschichte der Entfremdung. Hanser Verlag, München 1969
  • Literatur und Interesse – Eine politische Ästhetik mit zwei Beispielen aus der englischen Literatur. Band 1: Theorie. Band 2: Beispiele, Shakespeare ‚Der Kaufmann von Venedig’, Dickens ‚Oliver Twist’. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1977 (Zweite, fortgeschriebene Fassung 1981, ISBN 3-518-27902-5)
  • Brief an Herbert Marcuse. Akzente. Issue 1, Volume 25. February 1978
  • Was ist was. Greno Verlag, Nördlingen 1987, ISBN 3-891-90233-6

Translations (selection)

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Secondary literature (selection)

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  • Review of Größerer Versuch über den Schmutz by Wolfgang Hildesheimer published in Der Spiegel, issue 1, 1969 page 96 under the headline Sauber ist nicht Schön

References

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  1. ^ Enzensberger, Christian (1974). Smut; an anatomy of dirt. New York: Seabury Press. ISBN 0-8164-9183-6. OCLC 704932.
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