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Paul-Henri Campbell

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Paul-Henri Campbell
Paul-Henri Campbell during a reading in Leipzig 2012
Born
Paul-Henri Campbell

1982
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPoet

Paul-Henri Campbell (born 1982) is a German-American author. He is a bilingual author of poetry and prose in English and German. He studied classical philology, with a concentration on ancient Greek, as well as Catholic theology at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth and at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.[1]

His work has led him on the search for modern-day mythologies. He describes his approach as mythical realism.[2] Campbell's contributions have been featured and published in German and American literary magazines including Lichtungen, World Literature Today,[3] Hessischer Literaturebote, Akzente, entwürfe, and Cordite Poetry Review.[4][5][6][7]

Personal life

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Campbell was born 1982 in Boston, Massachusetts, to a former U. S. Army officer and a German nurse. He grew up in Massachusetts and moved with his family to Germany, where he completed his final secondary school examinations (Abitur) in Bavaria.[8] Campbell was born with a serious heart condition and has carried a pacemaker since the age of 24.[9] He also had a life-threatening brain tumor removed at the Boston Children's Hospital at age 10, and has been epileptic ever since.[1][10] Currently, he is preparing a dissertation in Foundational Theology at the Jesuit Seminary, Sankt Georgen, in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.[6]

Works and views

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For his poetry collection "nach den narkosen" (German: "after anesthesia" 2017), he received the Bavarian Arts and Literary Prize. The same book was listed by Gregor Dotzauer at Literaturhaus Berlin as one of the ten best poetry collections in 2017[11] and recommended by the German Academy for Language and Literature for 2018 by Uljana Wolf.[12] Campbell is primarily a poet.[13]

Moving away from themes, such as space exploration, the Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am, New York's A-train, the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk or Concorde,[14] his poetry now deals with living with disability in terms of living an artificial life.[15] Campbell draws on his personal experience with a major heart defect (univentricle) and his reliance on a pacemaker.[16] In reference to Judith Butler´s notion of heteronormativity, Campbell coined the term "salutonormativity" which assumes that general discourse is imagined from the perspective of healthy life[17] - institutions, laws, visions of a good life, and language are dominated by health.[18] In his book "after anesthesia", Campbell focuses on fragile, insufficient, sick and infected language. His poetry questions the paradigm of healthy language.[19]

After working with the Leipzig-based painter Aris Kalaizis for several years,[18] Campbell published several essays on contemporary painting, especially on painters from the former GDR, such as Hartwig Ebersbach, Arno Rink, Michael Morgner, Sighard Gille or Aris Kalaizis.[20]

In January 2013, Paul-Henri Campbell was called onto the editorial board of DAS GEDICHT, one of largest poetry magazines in the German language.[7] Together with Michael Augustin and Anton G. Leitner he initiated the annual anthology DAS GEDICHT chapbook. German Poetry Now. Its goal is to present contemporary German poetry to an international audience in English translation.[21]

Awards

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Publications

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Author

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  • Duktus Operandi. Poetry, ATHENA-Verlag, Oberhausen 2010.
  • Meinwahnstraße. Short Stories, fhl-Verlag, Leipzig 2011.[27]
  • Space Race. Gedichte: Poems, fhl-Verlag, Leipzig 2012.[28]
  • Benedikt XVI. Audio Book, (speakers: Andreas Herrler and Mirko Kasimir), Monarda Publishing House, Halle/Saale 2012.[29]
  • At the End of Days | Am Ende der Zeilen. Gedichte:Poetry, fhl-Verlag, Leipzig 2013.[30][31][32]
  • nach den narkosen | after anesthesia. Wunderhorn Verlag, Heidelberg 2017.
  • Tattoo & Religion. Die bunten Kathedralen des Selbst. Heidelberg 2019, ISBN 978-3-88423-606-2.

Editor/Translator

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  • Paul-Henri Campbell (ed.): Sottorealism. Aris Kalaizis, Imhof-Verlag, Petersberg 2013.[8]
  • Ludwig Steinherr: All Ears, Lyrikedition 2000, Munich 2013 (translated by Paul-Henri Campbell).[9]
  • Michael Augustin, Anton G. Leitner, Paul-Henri Campbell (eds.): DAS GEDICHT chapbook. German Poetry Now, Weßling/Munich 2014.[10][33]
  • Alexandru Bulucz, Leonhard Keidel, Paul-Henri Campbell (eds.): "Es ist so dunkel, dass die Menschen leuchten." Zum Werk von Werner Söllner, "Die Wiederholung", Heidelberg 2017.[34]
  • Ludwig Steinherr: Light Song / Lichtgesang. Translated by Paul-Henri Campbell. Lyrikedition 2000, Munich 2017.[35]
  • Michael Braun, Paul-Henri Campbell (eds.): Lyrik-Taschenkalender 2018, Wunderhorn Verlag, Heidelberg 2017.[36]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Amerikaner dichtet auf Deutsch". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  2. ^ "Leipziger Autoren zur Buchmesse: Mythologisch und realistisch - Paul-Henri Campbell". Leipziger Internet Zeitung. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  3. ^ "WLT's 2013 Pushcart Prize Nominees". worldliteraturetoday.org. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Paul-Henri Campbell". Cordite Poetry Review. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ^ "LITERATUR-Lichtungen, Vol. 130 No. XXXIII". Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  6. ^ "Die Legende des Fresh Kills Landfills, Staten Island-entwürfe, Vol. 66". entwuerfe.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  7. ^ etcetera, etcetera, Jubiläumsausgabe Nr. 50 [1] Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine , Essay: Literatur vor 2045, November 2012
  8. ^ Sabrina Barretoa. "Author's Profile". fhl-Verlag German Publisher. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  9. ^ "Interview with Paul-Henri Campbell". elevenelevenjournal.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  10. ^ "Interview mit Paul-Henri Campbell in Marias Nachtgespräch". Regio-TV-Stream.de. Retrieved 2012-09-16.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Wiesner, Herbert (2017-12-27). "Die besten Gedichte des Jahres 2017". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  12. ^ "Lyrik-Empfehlungen 2018". www.lyrik-empfehlungen.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  13. ^ Wunderhorn, Verlag Das. "Paul-Henri Campbel· Verlag Das Wunderhorn". www.wunderhorn.de. Archived from the original on 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  14. ^ Main-Echo, Sprachliche Schwerelosigkeit, May 5, 2012
  15. ^ Weber, Antje (2017-08-13). "Gesund ist das nicht". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  16. ^ "Lyrikgespräch - Krankheit und Schweigen". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  17. ^ "Nachrichten: Sprache im technischen Zeitalter, Heft 217 | LCB - Literarisches Colloquium Berlin". www.lcb.de. Archived from the original on 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  18. ^ a b ""Literature imparts a sense of autonomy and intimacy upon us" - Interview with Paul-Henri Campbell - Age of Artists". www.ageofartists.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  19. ^ Weber, Antje (2017-08-13). "Gesund ist das nicht". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  20. ^ "Themen und Autoren". www.ostra-gehege.de. Archived from the original on 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  21. ^ Bamberger Onlinezeitung, Meinen Sie, Zürich zum Beispiel? Oder doch lieber Klagenfurt, Worms, Weinheim, Cadenabbia? Am Ende gar Rom, kulinarisch, Wiehl? Dichter auf Reisen. [2]
  22. ^ "Stiftung Hermann Hesse Literaturpreis Karlsruhe, Preisträger seit 1957". www.hermann-hesse-preis.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  23. ^ ""Herausragende Werke des literarischen Nachwuchses" - Kunstminister Dr. Ludwig Spaenle gibt Preisträger des "Bayerischen Kunstförderpreises 2017" in der Sparte "Literatur" bekannt". www.km.bayern.de. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  24. ^ "München: Meldung vom 15.11.2017". FOCUS Online (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  25. ^ Dichtungsring, Computer automated translation versus human translation, 1. Prize winner [3][permanent dead link] See also in print: Dichtungsring. Vol. 41 2012, 21 de julho, 2012
  26. ^ Literarisches Dresden e.V., Webseite
  27. ^ Leipziger Internet Zeitung, Die grotesken Geschichten eines Amerikaners aus Leipzig, [4] July 31, 2011| Ralf Julke wrote in his review: "[There are situations] in which it is absolutely unclear whether what is being experienced, actually has anything to do with love. Or if it is an obsession, a glitch in the economy of emotions, or even a delusion. True love? – No. Certainly not. Thematically, a lot of Campbell's narratives could possibly be found in the work of Raymond Carver. Even though in the case of Carver, the stories would not have the consequences which they have here. Because: Campbell's stories decidedly have consequences. They are not only stories of human relationships that are all somehow instable, abysmally filled by voids and depths, insecurities, false bottoms. They also have a strong inclination towards finalizing their catastrophe."
  28. ^ Kultur@L_Schoepfer, Linus SchöpferRedaktor (12 April 2013). ""Mit der Magie des Gestirns aufgeladen"". Retrieved 7 April 2018 – via www.tagesanzeiger.ch.
  29. ^ Publik-Forum, Faires Porträt des Papstes, reviewed by Norbert Copray January 11, 2013 p. 58
  30. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 281 SZ Extra "Die Redaktion empfiehlt Woche 5. - 11. Dezember" S. 6-7.
  31. ^ Apocalypse Now: Reality and Myth in At the End of Days by Paul-Henri Campbell Archived 2014-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Review by Sabina Barreto February 2014
  32. ^ Wolfgang Schlott: lyrische Traktate, KUNO , May 2014
  33. ^ World Literature Today, Nota Bene, DAS GEDICHT Chapbook. German Poetry Today [5] |"Pegasus & Rosinante presents a selection of German poems and essays translated into English. Emerging and already established writers are revealed in this sleek volume. Inspired by its predecessor of twenty-one years (Das Gedicht), this first English edition showcases a rare and living assortment of voices writing in the German language."
  34. ^ "Ausgabe 4 – 07/2017 – DIE WIEDERHOLUNG" (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  35. ^ "Eichstätt: Lyrischer Lobpreis des Lichts - Eichstätter Gastdozent Ludwig Steinherr präsentiert mit". donaukurier.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  36. ^ Verlag Das Wunderhorn. "Lyrik-Taschenkalender 2018 · Verlag Das Wunderhorn". Archived from the original on 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
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