Claudia Schmölders
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Claudia Schmölders, also Claudia Henn-Schmölders (born October 25, 1944 in Heidelberg
) is a cultural scientist, author
and translator
.
in 1973. From 1975 to 1999, she was actively a freelance publicist
, literary editor
and editor
for different publishing firms besides teaching services at the University of Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Berlin. She was named a Fellow
at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris in 1991 and the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin
in 1991/92. She did her habilitation
at the Humboldt University of Berlin
with work on physiognomy
and from 1998 until 2008 she has served is a private docent
at the Institute of Cultural Science of Humboldt University.
Schmölders concerns herself as a cultural scientist among other things with the histories of physiognomy, book culture, politeness and conversation in Europe. Besides that she has looked after numerous literary anthologies
and has also came out with numerous literature and children's books
as a translator.
Since 2000, Schmölders has been a member of P.E.N.-Zentrum Deutschland
. She received the 2004 Heinrich Mann Prize
.
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
) is a cultural scientist, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
.
Life
Schmölders completed a study of music science, German studies and philosophy at the Universities of Cologne, Zurich, Berlin and New York. She attained a Doctorate of Philosophy from the Free University of BerlinFree University of Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...
in 1973. From 1975 to 1999, she was actively a freelance publicist
Publicist
A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album...
, literary editor
Literary editor
A literary editor is an editor in a newspaper, magazine or similar publication who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews. A literary editor may also help with editing books themselves, by providing services such as proof reading, copy-editing, and literary...
and editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
for different publishing firms besides teaching services at the University of Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Berlin. She was named a Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris in 1991 and the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin
Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin
The Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin in an interdisciplinary institute created 1981 in Berlin-Grunewald for studies in natural, social sciences for various research projects. It is a member of the group Some Institutes for Advanced Study....
in 1991/92. She did her habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
with work on physiognomy
Physiognomy
Physiognomy is the assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face...
and from 1998 until 2008 she has served is a private docent
Privatdozent
Privatdozent or Private lecturer is a title conferred in some European university systems, especially in German-speaking countries, for someone who pursues an academic career and holds all formal qualifications to become a tenured university professor...
at the Institute of Cultural Science of Humboldt University.
Schmölders concerns herself as a cultural scientist among other things with the histories of physiognomy, book culture, politeness and conversation in Europe. Besides that she has looked after numerous literary anthologies
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
and has also came out with numerous literature and children's books
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
as a translator.
Since 2000, Schmölders has been a member of P.E.N.-Zentrum Deutschland
International PEN
PEN International , the worldwide association of writers, was founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere....
. She received the 2004 Heinrich Mann Prize
Heinrich Mann Prize
The Heinrich Mann Prize is a literary award given annually by the Berlin Academy of Art . The prize given for works with socially critical aspects in a character that would honor Heinrich Mann...
.
Works
- Simplizität, Naivetät, Einfalt (Simplicity, Naivety and Simplemindedness), Zürich 1974 (available online)
- Die Stärke der Stille (The Power of Solitude), Cologne 1984 (together with Marion Yorck von WartenburgMarion Yorck von WartenburgMarion Gräfin Yorck von Wartenburg was a German jurist and judge. She was a resistance fighter against the Nazis and member of the Kreisau Circle.Yorck was born Marion Winter in Berlin, Province of Brandenburg...
); 5th Edition 1995; engl. Edition 2000. - Das Vorurteil im Leibe. Eine Einführung in die Physiognomik (The Prejudice in the Body. An Introduction in the history of Physiognomy), Berlin 1995; 3rd Edition 2007
- Hitlers Gesicht. Eine physiognomische Biographie, München 2000; Hitler's Face. A Biography of an Image. Transl. Adrian Daub.Philadelphia 2005; polish Ed. in 2009
Editorial work
- Jules VerneJules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
: Die großen Seefahrer und Entdecker (The Great Seafarer and Discoverer), Zürich 1974 - Über BalzacHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
(About Balzac), Zürich 1977; 1993; 3rd Enlarged Edition Zürich 2007 - Über Simenon (About Simenon), Zürich 1978
- Die Kunst des Gesprächs. Texte zur Geschichte der europäischen Konversationstheorie (The Art of Conversation. Texts about the History of the European Conversation Theory), München 1979; 1986 (available online)
- Vom Paradies und anderen Gärten (From Paradise and Other Gardens), Cologne 1983
- Die wilde Frau (The Wild Woman), Cologne 1983; 6th Edition 2009
- Die Märchen-Arche (The Fairytale Ark), Cologne 1984
- Deutsche Briefe (German Letters), Frankfurt am Main 1987 et al.
- Das Märchenbuch (The Fairytale Book), Frankfurt am Main 1987
- Einladung zum Essen (Invitation to Dinner), Frankfurt am Main 1989 et al.
- Japan, Insel-Almanach (Japan, Island Almanac), Frankfurt am Main 1989 (together with Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit)
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
: Mit Goethe durch den Garten (With Goethe through the Garden), Frankfurt am Main 1989 - Liebes-Erklärungen (Love's Explanations), Berlin 1993
- Die Erfindung der Liebe. Berühmte Zeugnisse aus drei Jahrtausenden (The Invention of Love. Famous Texts from the 3rd Century BC until 20th Century), München 1996 et al.
- Der exzentrische Blick. Gepräch über Physiognomik (The Eccentric Look. A Talk about Physiognomy at the Library of Wolfenbüttel), Berlin 1996
- Deutsche Kinder. 17 Biographische Porträts (German Children. 17 Biographical Portraits), Berlin 1997
- Gesichter der Weimarer Republik. Eine physiognomische Kulturgeschichte (Faces of the Weimar Republic. A Physiognomical Cultural History), Cologne 2000, together with Sander L. Gilman
Translations
- ValmikiValmikiValmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself. He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e...
: Das Ramayana, Cologne 1984; 5th Edition 2004 - Jean de BrunhoffJean de BrunhoffJean de Brunhoff was a French writer and illustrator known for creating the Babar books, the first of which appeared in 1931. He was the fourth and youngest child of Maurice de Brunhoff, a publisher, and his wife Marguerite. He attended Protestant schools, including the prestigious Ecole Alsacienne...
: Die Geschichte von BabarBabar the ElephantBabar the Elephant is a French children's fictional character who first appeared in Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff in 1931 and enjoyed immediate success. An English language version, entitled The Story of Babar, appeared in 1933 in Britain and also in the United States. The book is based on...
, dem kleinen Elefanten (The History of Babar the Little Elephant), Zürich 1976 - Ernest W. HornungErnest William HornungErnest William Hornung , known as Willie, was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London....
: Raffles, der Dieb in der Nacht (Raffles, the Thief in the Night), Zürich 1976 - William Somerset Maugham: Rosie und die Künstler (Rosie and the Artist), Zürich 1973 (translated together with Hans Kauders)
- Beatrix PotterBeatrix PotterHelen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.Born into a privileged Unitarian...
: Die gesammelten Abenteuer von Peter Hase (The Collected Adventures of Peter Hase), Zürich 1986 - Ennis Rees: Katz und Fuchs und Hund und Hummer (Cat and Fox and Dog and Lobster), Zürich 1976
- Maurice SendakMaurice SendakMaurice Bernard Sendak is an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.-Early life:...
: Was tust du dann? (What do you do then?), Zürich 1973 - Maurice Sendak: Where the Wild Things AreWhere The Wild Things AreWhere the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973 , a 1980 opera, and, in 2009, a live-action feature film...
, Zürich 1967 - Tomi UngererTomi UngererJean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer is a French illustrator best known for his erotic and political illustrations as well as children's books.- Biography :...
: Der Hut (The Hat), Zürich 1972 - H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
: The War of the WorldsThe War of the WorldsThe War of the Worlds is an 1898 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells.The War of the Worlds may also refer to:- Radio broadcasts :* The War of the Worlds , the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles...
Zürich 1974 (übersetzt zusammen mit G. A. Crüwell) - H. G. Wells: The Invisible ManThe Invisible ManThe Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H.G. Wells published in 1897. Wells' novel was originally serialised in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, and published as a novel the same year...
Zürich 1974 (übersetzt zusammen mit Alfred Winternitz)
External links
- Literature by and on Claudia Schmölders in the Catalog of the German National LibraryGerman National LibraryThe German National Library is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany...
- Homepage
- Simplizität, Naivetät, Einfalt – Studien zur ästhetischen Terminologie in Frankreich und in Deutschland, 1674 - 1771 (thesis, 1974)