Rüdiger Safranski
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| Born | 1 January 1945 Rottweil, Württemberg, Germany (today Baden-Württemberg, Germany) |
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| Notable awards | Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2005 |
Rüdiger Safranski (born 1 January 1945) is a German philosopher and author.
Life
From 1965 to 1972, Safranski studied philosophy (among others, with
dissertation by the title of "Studies on the Development of Working-Class Literature in the Federal Republic of Germany" (original German: Studien zur Entwicklung der Arbeiterliteratur in der Bundesrepublik). In the late 1970s, he worked as the co-publisher and editor of the Berliner Hefte, a journal on literary life. From 1977 to 1982, Safranski worked as a lecturer in adult education
. Since 1987 he has worked as a freelance writer.
In 2005 he married his longtime girlfriend Gisela Nicklaus.
He lives in Berlin and Badenweiler.[1]
Works and TV appearances
Safranski's most popular works are monographs on
Johann Wolfgang Goethe
.
Since 1994, he is a member of the
P.E.N. Center, since 2001 member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Poetry) in Darmstadt
.
From 2002 to 2012, he co-hosted (along with Peter Sloterdijk) a bi-monthly debate on philosophical and ethical questions, the so-called "Philosophical Quartet" (German: Philosophisches Quartett), for German public-service TV station ZDF.
Selected works
- ISBN 978-3-446-25671-2
- Goethe. Kunstwerk Des Lebens. Goethe: Life as a Work of Art. München ua, Hanser. Munich, Hanser. 2013. ISBN 978-3446235816
- Goethe and Schiller. Geschichte einer Freundschaft. Story of a friendship. München ua, Hanser. Munich, Hanser. 2009. ISBN 978-3-446-23326-3
- Romantik. Eine deutsche Affäre. Romanticism. A German affair. München ua, Hanser. Munich, Hanser. 2007. ISBN 978-3-446-20944-2 [Review of the English translation by Omid Mehrgan in Modern Language Notes, April 2015;[2] see also: Hans-Dieter Gelfert in The Berlin Review of Books, 30 November 2009[3]]
- Schiller als Philosoph – Eine Anthologie. Schiller as Philosopher – An Anthology. Berlin, wjs-Verlag. Berlin, wjs-Verlag. 2005. ISBN 3-937989-08-0
- Schiller oder die Erfindung des Deutschen Idealismus. Schiller, or the invention of ISBN 3-446-20548-9[Rezension: Manfred Koch in NZZ, 25.; see also: Manfred Koch in the NZZ, 25 September 2004]
- Wieviel Globalisierung verträgt der Mensch? How much ISBN 3-446-20261-7
- ISBN 3-446-19938-1[Rezension: Ijoma Mangold in Berliner Zeitung, 18.; see also: Ijoma Mangold in Berliner Zeitung, 18 August 2000]
- Das Böse oder Das Drama der Freiheit. Evil or the drama of freedom. München ua, Hanser. Munich, Hanser. 1997. ISBN 3-446-18767-7[Rezension: Micha Brumlik in Die Zeit, 19.; see also: Micha Brumlik in Die Zeit, 19 September 1997]
- ISBN 3-446-17874-0
- Wieviel Wahrheit braucht der Mensch? How much truth do we need? Über das Denkbare und das Lebbare. About the thinkable and liveable. München ua, Hanser. Munich, Hanser. 1990. ISBN 3-446-16045-0
- ISBN 3-446-14490-0
- ETA Hoffmann. ETA Hoffmann. Das Leben eines skeptischen Phantasten. The life of a skeptical dreamer. München ua: Hanser. Munich: Hanser. 1984. ISBN 3-446-13822-6
- Studien zur Entwicklung der Arbeiterliteratur in der Bundesrepublik (Dissertation), Berlin, Freie Univ., 1976. Studies on the development of working-class literature in the Federal Republic (dissertation), Berlin, Freie Univ., 1976.
Awards
- 1995 Friedrich Märker Prize for Essayists
- 1996 Wilhelm Heinse Medal of the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature
- 1998 Ernst Robert Curtius Prizefor Essay Writing
- 2000 Friedrich Nietzsche Prize of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
- 2003 Premio Internazionale Federico Nietzsche, the Italian Nietzsche Society
- 2005 Leipzig Book Fair Prize in the category Non-Fiction/Essays for "Schiller, or The Invention of German Idealism"
- 2006 Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis of the City of Bad Homburg
- 2006 Welt-Literaturpreis[4]
- 2009 Minister President
- 2014 Thomas Mann Prize[1]
References
- ^ a b Zinkler, Diana (4 January 2015). "Rüdiger Safranski – Unterwegs mit dem Zeitreisenden". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "MLN"
- ^ The Berlin Review of Books dd. 30 November 2009
- ^ "Rüdiger Safranski erhält WELT-Literaturpreis 2006". Buch Markt (in German). 29 September 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
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