{"id":145,"date":"2015-09-10T07:42:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T07:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/?p=145"},"modified":"2015-09-10T07:42:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T07:42:23","slug":"ventseslav-konstantinov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Ventseslav Konstantinov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Venceslav-Konstantinov-2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-146 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Venceslav-Konstantinov-2011-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Venceslav Konstantinov-2011\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a>Work\u00ading lan\u00adguages<\/strong>: Ger\u00adman, Eng\u00adlish, Rus\u00adsi\u00adan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Field of work<\/strong>: Poetry, Prose, Essays<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short bio\u00adgraphy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ventseslav_Konstantinov\" target=\"_blank\">Vent\u00adseslav Kon\u00adstantinov<\/a> was born on Septem\u00adber 14, 1940&nbsp;in&nbsp;Sofia. He gradu\u00adated in Ger\u00adman\u00adic stud\u00adies and philo\u00adsophy and wrote a&nbsp;thes\u00adis on influ\u00adences of Ger\u00adman lit\u00ader\u00adary&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Expressionism\">expres\u00adsion\u00adism<\/a>&nbsp;on the Bul\u00adgari\u00adan poetry between the wars. Since 1987 he has been teach\u00ading trans\u00adla\u00adtion of German-language poetry at the&nbsp;Uni\u00adver\u00adsity of Sofia. 1991\u20131992, Kon\u00adstantinov was in&nbsp;Ber\u00adlin&nbsp;as grantee of the Ber\u00adliner K\u00fcnst\u00adler\u00adpro\u00adgram (the Ber\u00adlin Artist\u00adic Pro\u00adgram) of the Deutsche Akademis\u00adche Aus\u00adtaush\u00addi\u00adenst <span class=\"caps\">DAAD<\/span> (the Ger\u00adman Aca\u00addem\u00adic Exchange Ser\u00advice).&nbsp;He had lec\u00adtures and con\u00adfer\u00adence par\u00adti\u00adcip\u00ada\u00adtions in Ber\u00adlin, Leipzig, Mar\u00adburg, Vienna, Prague, Bern, Zurich and Lausanne. Kon\u00adstantinov spent 1993\u20131994 at&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">SUNY<\/span> Geneseo,&nbsp;New York. He pub\u00adlished poems and art\u00adicles also made radio-contributions on Ger\u00adman, Aus\u00adtri\u00adan, Swiss and Bul\u00adgari\u00adan lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adure. His book trans\u00adla\u00adtions amount to 70 volumes. Vent\u00adseslav Kon\u00adstantinov is the author of the books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2007:&nbsp;<em>Writers on the Work of Art<\/em>, Sofia, LiK.<\/li>\n<li>2010:&nbsp;<em>The Dream Flute. Lit\u00ader\u00adary Stud\u00adies<\/em>, Sofia, Ciela.<\/li>\n<li>2011:&nbsp;<em>Gobelin, Embroidered with Dev\u00adil Tails<\/em>. Essays, Sofia, Ciela.<\/li>\n<li>2012:&nbsp;<em>The Secret Life of the Rain. Aph\u00ador\u00adisms<\/em>, Sofia, Ciela.<\/li>\n<li>2013:&nbsp;<em>The Invis\u00adible Cer\u00adtain Things. Poetry<\/em>, Sofia, Ab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vent\u00adseslav Kon\u00adstantinov lives in Sofia and in the&nbsp;Rhodope Moun\u00adtains&nbsp;vil\u00adlage&nbsp;Sol\u00adishta&nbsp;as a&nbsp;freel\u00adance writer and trans\u00adlat\u00ador.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selec\u00adted trans\u00adla\u00adtions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ber\u00adto\u00adlt Brecht,<em>&nbsp;Life of Galileo<\/em>. Drama, 1964.<\/li>\n<li>Erich Maria Remarque,&nbsp;<em>Heav\u00aden Has No Favor\u00adites<\/em>. Nov\u00adel, 1972.<\/li>\n<li>Friedrich D\u00fcr\u00adren\u00admatt,&nbsp;<em>The Sus\u00adpi\u00adcion<\/em>. Nov\u00adel, 1972.<\/li>\n<li>Stefan Zweig,&nbsp;<em>Chess Story<\/em>, 1973.<\/li>\n<li>Max Frisch,&nbsp;<em>Homo Faber<\/em>. Nov\u00adel, 1973.<\/li>\n<li>Ber\u00adto\u00adlt Brecht,&nbsp;<em>Cal\u00aden\u00addar Tales. Poems and Stor\u00adies<\/em>, 1975.<\/li>\n<li>Max Frisch,&nbsp;<em>Stil\u00adler<\/em>. Nov\u00adel, 1978.<\/li>\n<li>Max Frisch,&nbsp;<em>Don Juan, or Love to Geo\u00admetry<\/em>. A&nbsp;Play, 1979.<\/li>\n<li>Ber\u00adto\u00adlt Brecht,&nbsp;<em>A&nbsp;Short Organ\u00adum for the Theatre<\/em>. Essay, 1985.<\/li>\n<li>Hen\u00adrik Ibsen,&nbsp;<em>The Mas\u00adter Build\u00ader<\/em>. Drama, 1979.<\/li>\n<li>Eli\u00adas Canetti,&nbsp;<em>Wed\u00adding<\/em>. Drama, 1980.<\/li>\n<li>Lion Feucht\u00adwanger,&nbsp;<em>The House on \u201cGreen Way\u201d<\/em>. Selec\u00adted Stor\u00adies, 1981.<\/li>\n<li>Franz Kafka,&nbsp;<em>The Meta\u00admorph\u00ados\u00adis\u2019.<\/em> Selec\u00adted Stor\u00adies, 1982.<\/li>\n<li>Mar\u00adtin Walser,&nbsp;<em>Run\u00adaway Horse.<\/em> Selec\u00adted Stor\u00adies, 1982.<\/li>\n<li>Ber\u00adto\u00adlt Brecht,&nbsp;<em>The Trophies of Luc\u00adul\u00adlus<\/em>. Selec\u00adted Stor\u00adies, 1983.<\/li>\n<li>Chris\u00adtoph Meck\u00adel,&nbsp;<em>Hotel for Sleep\u00adwalk\u00aders<\/em>. Selec\u00adted Poems, 1984.<\/li>\n<li>Max Frisch,&nbsp;<em>Man in the Holo\u00adcene.<\/em> Story, 1984.<\/li>\n<li>Peter Hacks,&nbsp;<em>Peace<\/em>. A&nbsp;Play, 1985.<\/li>\n<li>Peter Hacks,&nbsp;<em>The Beau\u00adti\u00adful Helene<\/em>. A&nbsp;Play, 1986.<\/li>\n<li>Her\u00admann Hesse,&nbsp;<em>The Stolen Suit\u00adcase<\/em>. Selec\u00adted Stor\u00adies, 1986.<\/li>\n<li>Kurt Tuchol\u00adsky,<em>&nbsp;Inter\u00adview with Myself<\/em>. Poems and Stor\u00adies, 1986.<\/li>\n<li>Wal\u00adter Ben\u00adjamin,&nbsp;<em>The Work of Art in the Age of Mech\u00adan\u00adic\u00adal Repro\u00adduc\u00adtion<\/em>. Essay, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Hein\u00adrich B\u00f6ll,&nbsp;<em>The Dwarf and the Doll<\/em>. Selec\u00adted Stor\u00adies, 1987.<\/li>\n<li>Alfred Ander\u00adsch,&nbsp;<em>Diana and the Flute-Player<\/em>. Selec\u00adted Stor\u00adies, 1988.<\/li>\n<li>Katja Mann,&nbsp;<em>My Unwrit\u00adten Mem\u00adoirs<\/em>, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Hans Mag\u00adnus Enzens\u00adber\u00adger.&nbsp;<em>The Sink\u00ading of \u201cTitan\u00adic\u201d<\/em>. A&nbsp;Com\u00adedy, 1990.<\/li>\n<li>Friedrich Chris\u00adti\u00adan Deli\u00adus,&nbsp;<em>Mogadishu Win\u00addow Seat<\/em>. Nov\u00adel, 1992.<\/li>\n<li>Erich K\u00e4st\u00adner,&nbsp;<em>A&nbsp;Real\u00adist\u00adic Romance<\/em>. Poetry and Prose, 2009.<\/li>\n<li>Franz Kafka,&nbsp;<em>In the Pen\u00adal Colony<\/em>. Selec\u00adted Stor\u00adies, 2010.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Great Ger\u00adman Poets from the 12<sup class=\"ordinal\">th<\/sup> to the 20<sup class=\"ordinal\">th<\/sup> Cen\u00adtury<\/em>. An Antho\u00adlogy, 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1993: The Trans\u00adla\u00adtion Prize of the Min\u00adistry for Edu\u00adca\u00adtion, Arts and Cul\u00adture, Vienna.<\/li>\n<li>2006: The Prize of the Bul\u00adgari\u00adan Trans\u00adlat\u00ador\u2019s Uni\u00adon for his entire work.<\/li>\n<li>2013: The Lit\u00ader\u00adat\u00adure Prize of&nbsp;Sofia&nbsp;for The Great Ger\u00adman Poets from the 12<sup class=\"ordinal\">th<\/sup> to the 20<sup class=\"ordinal\">th<\/sup> Cen\u00adtury. An Antho\u00adlogy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Con\u00adtact<\/strong>: e\u2011mail :&nbsp;<a href=\"vkonstantinov@gmx.de\">vkonstantinov@gmx.de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work\u00ading lan\u00adguages: Ger\u00adman, Eng\u00adlish, Rus\u00adsi\u00adan Field of work: Poetry, Prose, Essays Short bio\u00adgraphy: Vent\u00adseslav Kon\u00adstantinov was born on Septem\u00adber 14, 1940&nbsp;in&nbsp;Sofia. He gradu\u00adated in Ger\u00adman\u00adic stud\u00adies and philo\u00adsophy and wrote a&nbsp;thes\u00adis on influ\u00adences of Ger\u00adman lit\u00ader\u00adary&nbsp;expres\u00adsion\u00adism&nbsp;on the Bul\u00adgari\u00adan poetry between the wars. Since 1987 he has been teach\u00ading trans\u00adla\u00adtion of German-language poetry at the&nbsp;Uni\u00adver\u00adsity of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-members"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/spblit.org\/wp-eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}