Dietmar Dath

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Dietmar Dath
Dath in 2010
Born (1970-04-03) 3 April 1970 (age 54)
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Author, journalist and translator

Dietmar Dath (born 3 April 1970) is a

German author,[1]
journalist and translator.

Life

Born in

Freiburg. After civilian service he studied German studies and physics in Freiburg. He lives in Freiburg, Frankfurt and Leipzig
.

Since 1990 he has published articles and short stories in German and international newspapers and magazines on sociological, philosophical and cultural topics. Besides his real name, he has been known to use pseudonyms such as "David Dalek", "Dagmar Dath" or "Dieter Draht". In his early career he translated works by Joe Lansdale, Kodwo Eshun and Buddy Giovinazzo into German. Dath was chief editor of the magazine Spex from 1998 to 2000.[2] From 2001 to 2007 he was an editor for the Arts section at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Apart from writing novels and book-length essays, since 2009 he has worked on several projects with musicians such as Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Mouse on Mars and Jens Friebe. After a professional break during which he wrote novels, two plays and some poetry, in September 2011 he returned as a full-time Arts section editor and film critic to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[3]

Literary works

Dath's first books were published in the mid-nineties by various small publishers such as Verbrecher Verlag, SuKuLTuR, Edition Phantasia and later Hablizel. In 2003 Dath published Höhenrausch at the Eichborn-Verlag (now at Rowohlt) and since 2005 he has been with the Suhrkamp Verlag. In 2008 his science fiction novel Abschaffung der Arten (translated by Samuel P. Willcocks into English as Abolition of the Species) was shortlisted for the German Book Prize. Furthermore, the novel was awarded 2009 the Kurd Laßwitz Award. In 2013 he received the Kurd Laßwitz Award a second time for his novel Pulsarnacht. Translations of Dietmar Dath's works (mainly novels) have appeared in Russian, Greek, Korean, Polish, and English. In his novels, which are mostly in the vein of fantastic literature – horror, sf and fantasy – Dath often works with autobiographical topics. A lot of them feature people who live in small towns such as the one he came from, many characters also work in the media or other sectors of the culture industry. Dath's works deal with aesthetics as well as social, political, sexual, biological and gender issues in often science-fictional ways. Among his influences are writers as diverse as Harlan Ellison, Joanna Russ, Nicola Griffith, Carol Emshwiller, Theodore Sturgeon, Irmtraud Morgner and Peter Hacks. His book Niegeschichte reflects on nearly 1000 pages about the genre of science fiction as a machine of art that can also change thinking, it was published in 2019 by Matthes & Seitz Berlin.[4]

Political stance

Dath is a Marxist.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In the film documentary by Alexander Kluge about Karl Marx's Capital Dath is featured as an expert. In January 2009 he discussed the future of a Marxist outlook on society with Philipp Oehmke in Der Spiegel – and answered to the question whether he is in favor of abolishing capitalism entirely with "Yes, absolutely," and said of his preferred replacement system "Marx calls this socialism".[5]

Dath promotes a system of democratic production, maintaining division of labour, on the highest attainable technological level.

Marx and others which also enters into his literary oeuvre – Für immer in Honig (Forever in honey), for example, refers explicitly to Lenin's "What is to be done". His most recent political essay is "Maschinenwinter
" (machine winter), many explicit references to political matters can be found in the semibiographical interview conducted in 2011 by Martin Hatzius and published in book form as Alles fragen, nichts fürchten (ask all, fear nothing).

Work

Books, novels, stories

Plays

Essays, non-fiction and others

Poetry

  • Gott ruft zurück. Gedichte. Leipzig: Connewitzer Verlagsbuchhandlung 2011

Audio

Translations

Other publications

  • Liz Disch und der Hermit King. Mit: Ik krijg je nog wel und Adler in Ordnung. Hrsg. Barbara Kirchner, Kevil Library No.2, Graben Verlag 1994
  • Contra naturam. In: Johannes Ullmaier (Hrsg.) Schicht! Arbeitsreportagen für die Endzeit, Frankfurt a/M: Suhrkamp, S. 386–411
  • Vier Treppen durch Döblin. Essay. In: Neue Rundschau 120/1, S. 23–31. Frankfurt/Main: S. Fischer 2009
  • Solus Ipse. Leerer Drache. Beitrag in: Karla Schmidt (Hrsg.): Hinterland. Nittendorf: Wurdack 2010.
    ISBN 978-3-938065-69-3

References

  1. ^ Kahlefendt, Nils (12 February 2007). "Die Geschichte des großen Ganzen". Deutschlandradio (in German). Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. ^ "The Abolition of Species". doppelhouse.com. 16 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ GmbH, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "Redaktion". FAZ.NET. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ www.webdecker.de, webdecker-. "Niegeschichte". Verlag Matthes & Seitz Berlin. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Oehmke, Philipp (25 January 2009). "Spiegel-Gespräch: "Schreiben, wie die Welt sein sollte" – Der Spiegel 5/2009". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Dietmar Dath – All that is Solid for Glenn Rikowski". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  7. ^ "CarstenGiese1 on YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Sport 40 edited by Fergus Barrowman and Sally-Ann Spencer review – The Listener". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  9. ^ Lindemann, Thomas (29 September 2009). "Dietmar Dath will die Aldi-Brüder entmachten: Marxist – WELT". Die Welt. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  10. ^ Poschardt, Ulf (28 August 2008). "Dietmar Dath im Interview: "In Lenins Schriften ist viel Nützliches" – WELT". Die Welt. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  11. ^ Poschardt, Ulf (5 August 2009). "Autor Dietmar Dath: "Der Wahlkampf ist so dumm wie immer" – WELT". Die Welt. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  12. ^ The Abolition of Species. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via press.uchicago.edu.
  13. Spiegel Online
    – Kultur. 9. November 2009.
  14. ^ Bazinger, Irene. "Theater: Blick zurück nach vorn". Faz.net. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via www.faz.net.
  15. ^ "Theater". KulturSPIEGEL. December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Ein Volksfeind | Schauspielhaus Zürich". archiv.schauspielhaus.ch. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Frankenstein | Schauspielhaus Zürich". archiv.schauspielhaus.ch. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  18. ^ Hörspiel Pool, Bayerischer Rundfunk (13 December 2013). "Dietmar Dath/Mareike Maage: Antilopenverlobung". www.br.de. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  19. ^ Hörspiel Pool, Bayerischer Rundfunk (12 September 2014). "Dietmar Dath: Largoschmerzen. Ein sozialmedizinisches Desaster". www.br.de. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  20. ^ "ARD-Hörspieldatenbank". hoerspiele.dra.de. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  21. ^ "ARD-Hörspieldatenbank". hoerspiele.dra.de. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Hörspiele auf NDR Kultur". www.ndr.de. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

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