Stephan Koranyi

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Stephan Koranyi
Philologist, author, lecturer, and editor
Years active1985–2021
WebsiteStephan Koranyi (in German)

Stephan Koranyi (13 September 1956 – 11 September 2021) was a German

philologist, author, lecturer, and an editor.[1]

Biography

Stephan Koranyi was born in 1956. He studied German

Goethe). In 1983 his dissertation Autobiographik und Wissenschaft im Denken Goethes at the Philosophical Faculty of Language and Literature II of the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich was accepted.[2]

From 1983 to 1986 Koranyi worked in the Department for Classics Editing at the dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, first as a publishing trainee, then as an editor. Additionally he taught at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

From October 1986 he was in charge of publishing rights and licences at Reclam. From 1993 to 2017 he also was authorised representative of the publishing house. Additionally he was responsible for editions mainly of contemporary authors, among others of the Icelandic writer Jón Kalman Stefánsson and Dutch authors such as Pieter Steinz and J. Bernlef.

Works

In 1985 he was an editor of the novel Gabriele written by Johanna Schopenhauer and in 1987 he edited the novel Laudin und die Seinen by Jakob Wassermann. Both books were published by German publishing company dtv (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag).

Additionally to his work as lecturer and expert of German Christmas culture he published the following titles: Reclams Weihnachtsbuch. Erzählungen, Lieder, Gedichte, Briefe, Betrachtungen. Stuttgart: Reclam (1988), Weihnachtsgedichte (2003); Weihnachtszauber Winternacht. Geschichten und Gedichte (2005), and Und das schönste Fest ist da. Weihnachtliche Gedichte (2005), Gedichte zur Weihnacht (2009), Weihnachten. Gedichte (2011); Fröhliches Fest. Weihnachtsgeschichten (2012).

Koranyi was in charge of several editions of Wiglaf Droste's works. After Droste's death Koranyi edited Tisch und Bett (2020), Droste's last poems, at Antje Kunstmann Verlag.

Stephan Koranyi died September 11th 2021, two days before his 65th birthday.[3]

Publications (selection)

Publications (as an editor at dtv)

  • Johanna Schopenhauer: Gabriele. Roman. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1985, .
  • Jakob Wassermann: Laudin und die Seinen. Roman. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München 1987, .

Publications (as an editor at Reclam)

Publications (as an editor at Kunstmann)

Wiglaf Droste: Tisch und Bett. Antje Kunstmann Verlag, München 2020,

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