Paul Alfred Kleinert

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Kleinert in 2017

Paul Alfred Kleinert (born 24 February 1960) is a German writer, editor and translator.

Kleinert was born in Leipzig in 1960 with family roots in Silesia and Gdańsk. He studied theology and did theological and celtic studies in East Berlin at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) and West Berlin at Freie Universität Berlin (Free University of Berlin, FU Berlin), Edinburgh at the University of Edinburgh and Dublin. His main areas of interest are poetry, short stories and translation from classical languages. He has lived and worked in Kreuzberg in Berlin since 1986.

Publications

43 editions since 1994, i.a.:

  • “Zeitzeichen” (1999-2009)
  • “Die Nessing’schen Hefte” (2003-2005)
  • “Nordische Reihe” (since 2006) in “pernobilis-edition” Leipzig (since 2007)]
  • First ever volume of Faroese/German poetry by Guðrið Helmsdal "Stjørnuakrar /Sternenfelder", translation by A.Nielsen (2006)
  • First ever Faroese/German anthology “From Janus Djurhuus to Tóroddur Poulsen – Faroese Poetry during 100 Years”, academic advice: Turið Sigurðardóttir, lineartranslation: Inga Meincke (2007).

Appreciation

  • grant by Otto Benecke Stiftung Bonn (1986/1987)
  • Scholarship by Studienwerk Villigst (1987–1993)
  • Working Grant by NGDK Berlin (1997, 1998, 2005, 2006)
  • Travelling Grant (Ireland) by Berliner Senat (1998)
  • Travelling Grant (Shetland-Isles) by LBV Vienna, (2002)
  • "Writer in Residence" at Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators in Visby/Gotland/Sweden (2006)
  • Travelling Grant (Sweden/Finland) by LBV Vienna (2007)
  • Alfred-Müller-Felsenburg-Prize 2009 (together with Sándor Tatár, Budapest/Törökbálint)
  • "Writer in Residence" at Künstlerhaus Salzwedel (2010, 2011 and 2015)
  • Travelling Grant (Milan) by JTHBV Vienna (2012)
  • "Writer in Residence" at Ventspils House for Writers and Translators in Ventspils/Latvia (2014)
  • Travelling Grant (Sweden) by JTHBV Vienna (2015)
  • Government Grant (Poland) by Kulturverwaltung des Landes Berlin (2016)
  • Travelling Grant (German Baltic Sea) by JTHBV Vienna (2017)
  • Travelling Grant (Norway) by LBVF Vienna (2018)
  • "Writer in Residence" at Künstlerhaus Salzwedel (2020, 2024 and 2025)

Books

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