Paul-Henri Campbell Explained
Paul-Henri Campbell |
Birth Name: | Paul-Henri Campbell |
Birth Date: | 1982 |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Poet |
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
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.http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/lyrikgespraech-krankheit-und-schweigen.700.de.html?dram:article_id=396223
Works and views
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 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, 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.http://www.dasgedichtblog.de/tag/paul-henri-campbell/ 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
- 2022 Alfred Gruber Prize at the Merano Poetry Prize
- 2018 Förderpreis des Herrmann-Hesse-Literaturpreises (Promotion Award of the Herrmann-Hesse Literary Prize)[22]
- 2017 Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis (Bavarian Arts and Literary Prize)[23] [24]
- 2012 Dichtungsring, Bonn (Germany): Award in Translation.[25]
- 2012 Poet-in-Residence, Dresden (Germany) (finalist together with Carl-Christian Elze and Róža Domašcyna)[26]
Publications
Author
- Duktus Operandi. Poetry, ATHENA-Verlag, Oberhausen 2010.
- Meinwahnstraße. Short Stories, fhl-Verlag, Leipzig 2011.[27]
- Space Race. Gedichte: Poems, fhl-Verlag, Leipzig 2012.[28]
- space race. Gedichte, (new edition), Allitera Verlag, Munich 2015.
- 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, .
Editor/Translator
- Paul-Henri Campbell (ed.): Sottorealism. Aris Kalaizis, Imhof-Verlag, Petersberg 2013.https://archive.today/20131118145534/http://www.imhof-verlag.de/vorankuendigungen-2007/aris-kalaizis-sottorealism.html
- Ludwig Steinherr: All Ears, Lyrikedition 2000, Munich 2013 (translated by Paul-Henri Campbell).https://web.archive.org/web/20150402201633/http://www.allitera.de/Steinherr%2C+Ludwig%3AAll+Ears_Lyrikedition+2000_978-3-86906-611-0_t.html
- Michael Augustin, Anton G. Leitner, Paul-Henri Campbell (eds.): DAS GEDICHT chapbook. German Poetry Now, Weßling/Munich 2014.http://www.aglv.com/shop/page/28?sessid=5npgG31WE0wLhHb3QOKWkvahGGXf4BIIv3yriPJWTmHacUv7rmX9AXHeQI3ZYjS8&shop_param=[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
External links
Notes and References
- News: Amerikaner dichtet auf Deutsch. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 2012-09-16.
- Web site: Leipziger Autoren zur Buchmesse: Mythologisch und realistisch - Paul-Henri Campbell. Leipziger Internet Zeitung. 2012-03-01. 2012-09-16.
- Web site: WLT's 2013 Pushcart Prize Nominees. 4 December 2013. worldliteraturetoday.org. 7 April 2018.
- Web site: Paul-Henri Campbell. Cordite Poetry Review. 7 April 2018.
- Web site: LITERATUR-Lichtungen, Vol. 130 No. XXXIII. 2012-09-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120618161831/http://www.lichtungen.at/heft_detail.asp?heft=57&jahr=2012. 2012-06-18.
- Web site: Die Legende des Fresh Kills Landfills, Staten Island-entwürfe, Vol. 66. entwuerfe.ch. 2012-09-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213025452/http://www.entwuerfe.ch/entwuerfe66/text1.html. 2013-12-13.
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- Web site: Author's Profile. https://archive.today/20121216153503/http://www.fhl-verlag.de/index.php?UIN=&lan=&sid=29&reo=64&go=0. dead. 2012-12-16. fhl-Verlag German Publisher. Sabrina Barretoa. 2012-09-16.
- Web site: Interview with Paul-Henri Campbell. elevenelevenjournal.com. en-US. 2017-11-17.
- Web site: Interview mit Paul-Henri Campbell in Marias Nachtgespräch. Regio-TV-Stream.de. 2012-09-16.
- News: Die besten Gedichte des Jahres 2017. Wiesner. Herbert. 2017-12-27. DIE WELT. 2018-03-20.
- Web site: Lyrik-Empfehlungen 2018. www.lyrik-empfehlungen.de. de. 2018-03-20.
- Web site: Paul-Henri Campbel· Verlag Das Wunderhorn. Wunderhorn. Verlag Das. www.wunderhorn.de. en. 2017-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171118221959/http://www.wunderhorn.de/content/autoren/alle/campbell_paul_henri/index_ger.html. 2017-11-18. dead.
- Main-Echo, Sprachliche Schwerelosigkeit, May 5, 2012
- News: Gesund ist das nicht. Weber. Antje. 2017-08-13. sueddeutsche.de. 2017-11-17. de. 0174-4917.
- News: Lyrikgespräch - Krankheit und Schweigen. Deutschlandfunk. 2017-11-17. de-DE.
- Web site: Nachrichten: Sprache im technischen Zeitalter, Heft 217 LCB - Literarisches Colloquium Berlin. www.lcb.de. 2017-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171118225652/http://www.lcb.de/news/1604_spritz217.htm. 2017-11-18. dead.
- Web site: "Literature imparts a sense of autonomy and intimacy upon us" - Interview with Paul-Henri Campbell - Age of Artists. www.ageofartists.org. en-US. 2017-11-17. 2017-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20170814174339/http://www.ageofartists.org/literature-imparts-sense-autonomy-intimacy-upon-us-interview-paul-henri-campbell/. dead.
- News: Gesund ist das nicht. Weber. Antje. 2017-08-13. sueddeutsche.de. 2017-11-17. de. 0174-4917.
- Web site: Themen und Autoren. www.ostra-gehege.de. 2017-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222537/http://www.ostra-gehege.de/archiv.htm. 2017-11-18. dead.
- Bamberger Onlinezeitung, Meinen Sie, Zürich zum Beispiel? Oder doch lieber Klagenfurt, Worms, Weinheim, Cadenabbia? Am Ende gar Rom, kulinarisch, Wiehl? Dichter auf Reisen. http://www.bamberger-onlinezeitung.de/2013/10/21/meinen-sie-zurich-zum-beispiel-oder-doch-lieber-klagenfurt-worms-weinheim-cadenabbia-am-ende-gar-rom-kulinarisch-wiehl-dichter-auf-reisen/
- Web site: Stiftung Hermann Hesse Literaturpreis Karlsruhe, Preisträger seit 1957. www.hermann-hesse-preis.de. de. 2018-08-27.
- Web site: "Herausragende Werke des literarischen Nachwuchses" - Kunstminister Dr. Ludwig Spaenle gibt Preisträger des "Bayerischen Kunstförderpreises 2017" in der Sparte "Literatur" bekannt. www.km.bayern.de. 7 April 2018.
- News: München: Meldung vom 15.11.2017. FOCUS Online. 2017-11-17. de.
- Dichtungsring, Computer automated translation versus human translation, 1. Prize winner http://dichtungsring-ev.com/preisausschreiben.html See also in print: Dichtungsring. Vol. 41 2012, 21 de julho, 2012
- http://www.poet-in-dresden.de/aktuelles/ Literarisches Dresden e.V., Webseite
- Leipziger Internet Zeitung, Die grotesken Geschichten eines Amerikaners aus Leipzig, http://www.l-iz.de/Bildung/B%C3%BCcher/2011/07/Geschichten-eines-Amerikaners-aus-Leipzig.html 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."
- Web site: "Mit der Magie des Gestirns aufgeladen". Linus SchöpferRedaktor. Kultur@L_Schoepfer. 12 April 2013. 7 April 2018. www.tagesanzeiger.ch.
- [:de:Publik-Forum|Publik-Forum]
- [Süddeutsche Zeitung]
- http://www.santaclarareview.com/2/post/2014/03/apocalypse-now-reality-and-myth-in-at-the-end-of-days.html Apocalypse Now: Reality and Myth in At the End of Days by Paul-Henri Campbell
- Wolfgang Schlott: lyrische Traktate, KUNO , May 2014
- [World Literature Today]
- Web site: Ausgabe 4 – 07/2017 – DIE WIEDERHOLUNG. 2017-07-17. German.
- News: Eichstätt: Lyrischer Lobpreis des Lichts - Eichstätter Gastdozent Ludwig Steinherr präsentiert mit. donaukurier.de. 2018-04-06. de.
- Web site: Lyrik-Taschenkalender 2018 · Verlag Das Wunderhorn. 2017-07-17. Verlag Das Wunderhorn. https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222020/http://www.wunderhorn.de/content/buecher/pool/978_3_88423_559_1/index_ger.html. 2017-11-18. dead.