Ventseslav Konstantinov
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Ventseslav Konstantinov (born September 14, 1940 in Sofia
) is a Bulgarian writer
and translator of German and English literature.
on the Bulgarian poetry between the wars. Since 1987 he has been teaching translation of German-language poetry at the University of Sofia.
1991-1992, Konstantinov was in Berlin
as grantee of the Berliner Künstlerprogram (the Berlin Artistic Program) of the Deutsche Akademische Austaushdienst DAAD (the German Academic Exchange Service
). He had lectures and conference participations in Berlin, Leipzig, Marburg, Vienna, Prague, Bern, Zurich and Lausanne. Konstantinov spent 1993-1994 at SUNY Geneseo, New York
.
He published articles and made radio-contributions on German, Austrian, Swiss and Bulgarian literature, as well essays on Hans Sachs
, Goethe, Schiller, Hölderlin, E.T.A. Hoffmann
, Nikolaus Lenau
, Thomas Mann
, Hermann Hesse
, Franz Kafka
, Bertolt Brecht
, Lion Feuchtwanger
, Stefan Zweig
, Ödön von Horváth
, Elias Canetti
, Max Frisch
, Friedrich Dürrenmatt
, Heinrich Böll
, Alfred Andersch
, Martin Walser
, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
, Christoph Meckel
etc.
Konstantinov lives in Sofia and in the Rhodope Mountains
village Solishta as a freelance writer and translator.
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
) is a Bulgarian writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and translator of German and English literature.
Life
Konstantinov was born in Sofia, the son of a music professor. He graduated in Germanic studies and philosophy and wrote a thesis on influences of German literary expressionismExpressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
on the Bulgarian poetry between the wars. Since 1987 he has been teaching translation of German-language poetry at the University of Sofia.
1991-1992, Konstantinov was in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
as grantee of the Berliner Künstlerprogram (the Berlin Artistic Program) of the Deutsche Akademische Austaushdienst DAAD (the German Academic Exchange Service
German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation....
). He had lectures and conference participations in Berlin, Leipzig, Marburg, Vienna, Prague, Bern, Zurich and Lausanne. Konstantinov spent 1993-1994 at SUNY Geneseo, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
He published articles and made radio-contributions on German, Austrian, Swiss and Bulgarian literature, as well essays on Hans Sachs
Hans Sachs
Hans Sachs was a German meistersinger , poet, playwright and shoemaker.-Biography:Hans Sachs was born in Nuremberg . His father was a tailor. He attended Latin school in Nuremberg...
, Goethe, Schiller, Hölderlin, E.T.A. Hoffmann
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann , better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann , was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist...
, Nikolaus Lenau
Nikolaus Lenau
Nikolaus Lenau was the nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau , was a German language Austrian poet.-Biography:...
, Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual...
, Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature...
, Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
, Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
, Lion Feuchtwanger
Lion Feuchtwanger
Lion Feuchtwanger was a German-Jewish novelist and playwright. A prominent figure in the literary world of Weimar Germany, he influenced contemporaries including playwright Bertolt Brecht....
, Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most famous writers in the world.- Biography :...
, Ödön von Horváth
Ödön von Horváth
Edmund Josef von Horváth was a German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist...
, Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti was a Bulgarian-born modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. He wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power".-Life:...
, Max Frisch
Max Frisch
Max Rudolf Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist, regarded as highly representative of German-language literature after World War II. In his creative works Frisch paid particular attention to issues relating to problems of human identity, individuality, responsibility, morality and political...
, Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire...
, Heinrich Böll
Heinrich Böll
Heinrich Theodor Böll was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.- Biography :...
, Alfred Andersch
Alfred Andersch
Alfred Hellmuth Andersch was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor. The son of a conservative East Prussian army officer, he was born in Munich, Germany and died in Berzona, Ticino, Switzerland...
, Martin Walser
Martin Walser
At first the speech did not cause a great stir. Indeed, the audience present in Church of St. Paul received the speech with applause, though Walser's critic Ignatz Bubis did not applaud, as confirmed by television footage of the event...
, Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Hans Magnus Enzensberger , is a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He has also written under the pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr. He lives in Munich.- Life :...
, Christoph Meckel
Christoph Meckel
Christoph Meckel is a German author and graphic artist.- Life :Christoph Meckel spent his youth in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he attended Gymnasium. In 1954/55 he studied graphic art at the Academy of Art in Freiburg im Breisgau, and in 1956 at the Academy of Art in München.Since 1956 he has...
etc.
Konstantinov lives in Sofia and in the Rhodope Mountains
Rhodope Mountains
The Rhodopes are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, with over 83% of its area in southern Bulgaria and the remainder in Greece. Its highest peak, Golyam Perelik , is the seventh highest Bulgarian mountain...
village Solishta as a freelance writer and translator.
Awards
- 1993: The Translation Prize of the Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. - 2006: The Prize of the Bulgarian Translator's Union for his entire work.
Works (selection)
Books
- 2007: Writers on the Work of Art, Sofia, LiK, 276 p.
- 2010: The Dream Flute. Literary Essays, Sofia, Ciela, 288 p.
- 2011: Gobelin, Embroidered with Devil Tails. Essays, Sofia, Ciela, 148 p.
- 2011: Thersites' Torso. Aphorisms, Internet publication.
Essays
- Jura Soyfer and Elias Canetti. Two Poets' Fates in Vienna during the In-Between-War Period - Jura Soyfer. Journal of Jura Soyfer Society, Vienna, 2, 1992.
- Paradoxes sur le Traducteur. The Machine as Reader? Literary Translation and Computer-Translation - Literary Colloquium Berlin, 1992.
- The Poet and His Executioner. Censorship Cuts in Dürrenmatt's Novel "The Suspicion" - University of Zurich, 1992.
- In Search of Lost Identity. Bulgarian Literature in Transition - University of Bern, 1992
- The Battle Between the Dead. Orthodox and Islamic Religion in Communist Bulgaria - Europe Rundschau, Vienna, 3, 1992.
- In the Grand Scheme of History. The Image of Switzerland in Communist Bulgaria - Image and Encounter, Basel and Frankfurt a.M., 1996.
- Elias Canetti - Austrian writer? Metamorphoses Between Rustschuk and Vienna - TRANS: Online Journal for Cultural Studies, Vienna, September 1999.
Anthologies
- Austrian Narrators, 1981.
- At the Timber-Line. 10 German-Speaking Narrators of the 20 Century, 1983.
- "I Softly Touch Your Hand". Poets from All Over the World on Mother and Motherhood, 1989.
- WORLD LIGHT. German Poetry from Earliest Times to the Present - Preface, Compilation, and Translation into Bulgarian by Ventseslav Konstantinov, 2004-2008.
- THE DREAM FLUTE. German Narrators of the 20th Century - Preface, Compilation, and Translation into Bulgarian by Ventseslav Konstantinov, 2006-2009.
- 20th Century German Essays - Compilation and Translation into Bulgarian by Ventseslav Konstantinov, 2009.
- "I Quietly Dream of You...". German Love Poetry from Earliest Times to the Present - Compilation and Translation into Bulgarian by Ventseslav Konstantinov, 2004-2008.
Editor
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Selected Lyric, 1979.
- Max Frisch, Diaries, 2 vols, 1979.
- Ödön von Horvath, The Eternal Philistine. Selected Prose, 1983
- Ilse Aichinger, Mirror's Story. Selected Prose, 1984.
- Stefan Zweig, The European Idea. Selected Essays, 1985.
- Thomas Mann, Letters, 2 vols, 1988-1989.
Editor and Translator
- Bodo Uhse, March in September. Selected Stories, 1967.
- Erich Kästner, Is Existentialism Curable? Selected Stories, 1968.
- Lion Feuchtwanger, The House on "Green Way". Selected Stories, 1981.
- Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis'. Selected Stories, 1982.
- Martin Walser, Runaway Horse. Selected Stories, 1982.
- Bertolt Brecht, The Trophies of Lucullus. Selected Stories, 1983.
- Christoph Meckel, Hotel for Sleepwalkers. Selected Poems, 1984.
- Hermann Hesse, The Stolen Suitcase. Selected Stories, 1986.
- Kurt Tucholsky, Interview with Myself. Poems and Stories, 1986.
- Heinrich Böll, The Dwarf and the Doll. Selected Stories, 1987.
- Alfred Andersch, Diana and the Flute-Player. Selected Stories, 1988.
- Erich Kästner, A Realistic Romance. Poetry and Prose, 2009.
- Franz Kafka, In the Penal Colony. Selected Stories, 2010.
Book Translations
- Bertolt Brecht, Life of Galileo. A Play, 1964.
- Bertolt Brecht, Calendar Tales. Poems and Stories, 1975.
- Bertolt Brecht, A Short Organum for the Theatre. Essay, 1985.
- Bertolt Brecht, The Trial of Lucullus. Radio Play, 1985.
- Max Frisch, Stiller. Novel, 1978, 1982.
- Max Frisch, Homo Faber. Novel, 1973, 1981, 1995.
- Max Frisch, Man in the Holocene. Story, 1984.
- Max Frisch, Don Juan, or Love to Geometry. A Play, 1979.
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Suspicion. Novel, 1972, 1984, 1989.
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt, The Tunnel. Story, 1981.
- Elias Canetti, Wedding. Drama, 1980.
- Stefan Zweig, Chess Story, 1973.
- Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Essay, 1989.
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger. The Sinking of "Titanic". A Comedy, 1990.
- Erich Maria Remarque, Heaven Has No Favorites. Novel, 1972, 1985, 2009.
- Katja Mann, My Unwritten Memoirs, 1989.
- Friedrich Christian Delius, Mogadishu Window Seat. Novel, 1992.
- Henrik Ibsen, The Master Builder. Drama, 1979.
- Peter Hacks, Peace. A Play, 1985.
- Peter Hacks, The Beautiful Helene. A Play, 1986.
Translated authors
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Peter Huchel Peter Huchel , born Hellmut Huchel, was a German poet.-Life:Huchel was born in Lichterfelde near Berlin. From 1923 to 1926 Huchel studied literature and philosophy in Berlin, Freiburg and Vienna. Between 1927 and 1930 he travelled to France, Romania, Hungary and Turkey... Henrik Ibsen Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre... Ernst Jandl Ernst Jandl was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator.- Poetry :Influenced by Dada he started to write experimental poetry, first published in the journal "Neue Wege" in 1952.... Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century... Marie Luise Kaschnitz Marie Luise Kaschnitz was a German short story writer, novelist, essayist and poet. She is considered to be one of the leading post-war German poets... Erich Kästner Emil Erich Kästner was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature.-Dresden 1899–1919:... Bernhard Kellermann Bernhard Kellermann was a well known German author and poet.- Life :Bernhard Kellermann enrolled in 1899 at Munich's Technical University initially in general studies, but later focused on German literature and painting.... Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature... Sarah Kirsch Sarah Kirsch is a German poet.She was born Ingrid Bernstein in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony. She changed her first name to Sarah in order to protest against her father's anti-semitism. She studied biology in Halle and literature at the Johannes R. Becher Institute for Literature in Leipzig. In... Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was a German poet.-Biography:Klopstock was born at Quedlinburg, the eldest son of a lawyer.Both in his birthplace and on the estate of Friedeburg on the Saale, which his father later rented, young Klopstock passed a happy childhood; and more attention having been given... Alexander Kluge Alexander Kluge is an author and film director.-Early life, education and early career:Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.... Ursula Krechel Ursula Krechel is a German writer.Krechel was born in Trier. From 1966 to 1972 she studied German studies, theatre, and art history at the University of Cologne. From 1969 to 1972, she worked as a drama advisor in Dortmund... Günter Kunert Günter Kunert is a German writer who left the German Democratic Republic to live in the Federal Republic of Germany .... Reiner Kunze Reiner Kunze is a German writer and GDR dissident. He studied media and journalism at the University of Leipzig. In 1968, he left the GDR state party SED following the communist Warsaw Pact countries invasion of Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring. He had to publish his work under... Else Lasker-Schüler Else Lasker-Schüler was a Jewish German poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Lasker-Schüler fled Nazi Germany and lived out the rest of her life in Jerusalem.-Biography:Schüler was born in... Christine Lavant Christine Lavant was an Austrian poet and novelist.- Life :... Nikolaus Lenau Nikolaus Lenau was the nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau , was a German language Austrian poet.-Biography:... Siegfried Lenz Siegfried Lenz is a German writer, who has written novels and produced several collections of short stories, essays, and plays for radio and the theatre. He was awarded the Goethe Prize in Frankfurt-am-Main on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth... Detlev von Liliencron Baron Detlev von Liliencron born Friedrich Adolf Axel Detlev Liliencron was a German lyric poet and novelist from Kiel, the son of Louis Freiherr von Liliencron and Adeline von Harten.... |
Kito Lorenc Kito Lorenc , grandson of the Sorbian writer Jakub Lorenc-Zalěski, is a Sorbian-German writer, lyric poet and translator.... Thomas Mann Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual... Friederike Mayröcker Friederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.- Life :From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.She started writing as a 15 year old... Christoph Meckel Christoph Meckel is a German author and graphic artist.- Life :Christoph Meckel spent his youth in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he attended Gymnasium. In 1954/55 he studied graphic art at the Academy of Art in Freiburg im Breisgau, and in 1956 at the Academy of Art in München.Since 1956 he has... Christian Morgenstern Christian Otto Josef Wolfgang Morgenstern was a German author and poet from Munich. Morgenstern married Margareta Gosebruch von Liechtenstern on March 7, 1910... Eduard Mörike Eduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Romantic poet.-Biography:Mörike was born in Ludwigsburg. His father was Karl Friedrich Mörike , a district medical councilor; his mother was Charlotte Bayer... Robert Musil Robert Musil was an Austrian writer. His unfinished long novel The Man Without Qualities is generally considered to be one of the most important modernist novels... Margarete Neumann Margarete Neumann was a German writer and lyrical poet.-Life:Margarete Neumann was born in Pyritz, Pomerania. She studied at the social educational seminar in Königsberg and worked until 1945 as a welfare worker in Heilsberg. After being expelled from Poland to Germany in 1945, she was a farmer... Novalis Novalis was the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg , an author and philosopher of early German Romanticism.-Biography:... Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916... Erich Maria Remarque Erich Maria Remarque was a German author, best known for his novel All Quiet on the Western Front.-Life and work:... Rainer Maria Rilke René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke , better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian–Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language... Joseph Roth Joseph Roth, born Moses Joseph Roth , was an Austrian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and for his novel of Jewish life, Job as well as the seminal essay 'Juden auf Wanderschaft' translated in... Ralf Rothmann Ralf Rothmann is a German novelist, poet, and dramatist. His novels have been translated into several languages with Knife Edge and Young Light being translated into English.Main subject of his work are both the bourgeois and proletarian reality of life in the Ruhr Metropolitan area... Peter Rühmkorf Peter Rühmkorf was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature.... Hans Sachs Hans Sachs was a German meistersinger , poet, playwright and shoemaker.-Biography:Hans Sachs was born in Nuremberg . His father was a tailor. He attended Latin school in Nuremberg... Nelly Sachs Nelly Sachs was a Jewish German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews... Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe... Kurt Schwitters Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was a German painter who was born in Hanover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and what came to be known as... Ernst Stadler Ernst Stadler was a German Expressionist poet. He was born in Colmar, Alsace-Lorraine and educated in Strasbourg and Oxford; in 1906 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Magdalen College, Oxford.... Eva Strittmatter Eva Strittmatter was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature. Her poetry books sold millions of copies, making her the most successful German poet of the second half of the 20th century.... Georg Trakl Georg Trakl was an Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists.- Life and work :Trakl was born and lived the first 18 years of his life in Salzburg, Austria... Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky was a German-Jewish journalist, satirist and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Born in Berlin-Moabit, he moved to Paris in 1924 and then to Sweden in 1930.Tucholsky was one of the most important journalists of... Ludwig Uhland Johann Ludwig Uhland , was a German poet, philologist and literary historian.-Biography:He was born in Tübingen, then Duchy of Württemberg, and studied jurisprudence at the university there, but also took an interest in medieval literature, especially old German and French poetry... Bodo Uhse Bodo Uhse was a German writer, journalist and political activist. He was recognised as one of the most prominent authors in East Germany.-Early years:... Berthold Viertel Berthold Viertel , born in Vienna, Austria was a screen writer and film director.-Arrival in America:He was married to screenplay writer and actress Salka Viertel from 30 April 1918 to 20 December 1947. The pair came to Los Angeles in 1928 planning to stay for just three years... Martin Walser At first the speech did not cause a great stir. Indeed, the audience present in Church of St. Paul received the speech with applause, though Walser's critic Ignatz Bubis did not applaud, as confirmed by television footage of the event... Walther von der Vogelweide Walther von der Vogelweide is the most celebrated of the Middle High German lyric poets.-Life history:For all his fame, Walther's name is not found in contemporary records, with the exception of a solitary mention in the travelling accounts of Bishop Wolfger of Erla of the Passau diocese:... Franz Werfel Franz Werfel was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet.- Biography :Born in Prague , Werfel was the first of three children of a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods. His mother, Albine Kussi, was the daughter of a mill owner... Walt Whitman Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse... Christa Wolf Christa Wolf was a German literary critic, novelist, and essayist. She is one of the best-known writers to have emerged from the former East Germany.-Biography:... Wolfram von Eschenbach Wolfram von Eschenbach was a German knight and poet, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of his time. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry.-Life:... Wolf Wondratschek Wolf Wondratschek is a German author. He was born in Rudolstadt in Thuringia.-Life:Wondratschek grew up in Karlsruhe. From 1962 through 1967, he studied literature, philosophy and sociology at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Georg-August University of Göttingen, and the Johann Wolfgang... Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most famous writers in the world.- Biography :... |
External links
- Emil Bassat: „From Bach to Kafka, or... about temptation“, SN visiting Ventseslav Konstantinov, Sofia News, 22, May 30, 1984.
- Емил Басат: „Самопризнанията на един изкушен изкусител“, Interview with Ventseslav Konstantinov, Panorama, 11, 2009
- Literature of und about Ventseslav Konstantinov in the Catalog of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek .
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