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Min blege bror
German postwar short prose in Danish anthology.
Efter Anden Verdenskrigs afslutning befandt hele Centraleuropa, og særligt Tyskland, sig i nulvte time, Stunde Null, som tilstanden også betegnes. Intet sted viser dette tomrum sig tydeligere end i litteraturen, for hvad kan man skrive om, når alt ligger i ruiner? Kortprosaforfatterne valgte at beskrive det, som var. De fikserede på denne måde virkeligheden i et røntgenblik og fremviste situationen i hele sin fortvivlende håbløshed; kun sådan kunne et håb få lov til at spire igen.
Min blege bror. Tysk kortprosa efter krigen tæller - udover store, anerkendte forfattere som nobelpristageren Heinrich Böll, Ingeborg Bachmann og Arno Schmidt - også mindre kendte forfattere som Elisabeth Langgässer, Hans F. Bender og Luise Rinser. Flere af teksterne indeholder skildringer af hverdagsliv, eller mangel på samme, i en turbulent efterkrigstid, som er farvet af hungersnød, inflation og enorme traumer, psykiske som fysiske. Andre tekster peger mere frem mod kortprosaens videre udvikling og på udviklingen inden for nyere litteratur generelt.
Efter Anden Verdenskrigs afslutning befandt hele Centraleuropa, og særligt Tyskland, sig i nulvte time, Stunde Null, som tilstanden også betegnes. Intet sted viser dette tomrum sig tydeligere end i litteraturen, for hvad kan man skrive om, når alt ligger i ruiner? Kortprosaforfatterne valgte at beskrive det, som var. De fikserede på denne måde virkeligheden i et røntgenblik og fremviste situationen i hele sin fortvivlende håbløshed; kun sådan kunne et håb få lov til at spire igen.
Min blege bror. Tysk kortprosa efter krigen tæller - udover store, anerkendte forfattere som nobelpristageren Heinrich Böll, Ingeborg Bachmann og Arno Schmidt - også mindre kendte forfattere som Elisabeth Langgässer, Hans F. Bender og Luise Rinser. Flere af teksterne indeholder skildringer af hverdagsliv, eller mangel på samme, i en turbulent efterkrigstid, som er farvet af hungersnød, inflation og enorme traumer, psykiske som fysiske. Andre tekster peger mere frem mod kortprosaens videre udvikling og på udviklingen inden for nyere litteratur generelt.
153 pages, Paperback
First published November 14, 2013
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About the author
Ilse Aichinger
72 books36 followersIlse Aichinger (born 1 November 1921) is an Austrian writer noted for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry.
Aichinger was born in 1921 in Vienna, along with her twin sister, Helga, to a Jewish doctor (her mother) and a Christian teacher. Her mother's family was assimilated, and Aichinger was raised a Catholic.[2] She spent her childhood in Linz and Vienna, where her family was subjected to Nazi persecution starting in 1933. Aichinger began to study medicine in 1945, working as a writer on the side. In her first novel, Das vierte Tor (The Fourth Gate), she wrote of her own experience under Nazism.
After studying for five semesters, Aichinger interrupted her studies in medicine again in 1948 in order to finish her second novel, Die größere Hoffnung (The Greater Hope).
In 1953, she married the German writer Günter Eich.
In 1955, Aichinger was awarded the Immermann-Preis by the city of Düsseldorf and in 1956, she joined the Akademie der Künste of Berlin. In 1957, Aichinger won the Literaturpreis der Freien Hansestadt Bremen. In 1963, Aichinger moved to Großgmain, near Salzburg. In 1971, she was awarded the Nelly-Sachs-Preis.
Reviewing a 1957 volume of her short works in translation, The Bound Man and Other Stories, Anthony Boucher described Aichinger as "a sort of concise Kafka," praising the title story for its "narrative use of multi-valued symbolism."[3]
She was honered the German international literary Petrarca-Preis in 1982. After 1985 Aichinger increasingly retreated from public life.[citation needed] In 1987, she received the Europalia-Literatur-Preis, and in 1991, she was awarded the Großer Literaturpreis of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste|Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste. Other honors included the Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis für Literatur in 1995 and the 2001 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, which she received along with W. G. Sebald and Markus Werner.
Aichinger is the aunt of artist Ruth Rix.
Aichinger was born in 1921 in Vienna, along with her twin sister, Helga, to a Jewish doctor (her mother) and a Christian teacher. Her mother's family was assimilated, and Aichinger was raised a Catholic.[2] She spent her childhood in Linz and Vienna, where her family was subjected to Nazi persecution starting in 1933. Aichinger began to study medicine in 1945, working as a writer on the side. In her first novel, Das vierte Tor (The Fourth Gate), she wrote of her own experience under Nazism.
After studying for five semesters, Aichinger interrupted her studies in medicine again in 1948 in order to finish her second novel, Die größere Hoffnung (The Greater Hope).
In 1953, she married the German writer Günter Eich.
In 1955, Aichinger was awarded the Immermann-Preis by the city of Düsseldorf and in 1956, she joined the Akademie der Künste of Berlin. In 1957, Aichinger won the Literaturpreis der Freien Hansestadt Bremen. In 1963, Aichinger moved to Großgmain, near Salzburg. In 1971, she was awarded the Nelly-Sachs-Preis.
Reviewing a 1957 volume of her short works in translation, The Bound Man and Other Stories, Anthony Boucher described Aichinger as "a sort of concise Kafka," praising the title story for its "narrative use of multi-valued symbolism."[3]
She was honered the German international literary Petrarca-Preis in 1982. After 1985 Aichinger increasingly retreated from public life.[citation needed] In 1987, she received the Europalia-Literatur-Preis, and in 1991, she was awarded the Großer Literaturpreis of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste|Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste. Other honors included the Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis für Literatur in 1995 and the 2001 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, which she received along with W. G. Sebald and Markus Werner.
Aichinger is the aunt of artist Ruth Rix.
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January 15, 2021
Min blege bror er en ganske interessant lille antologi. Den rummer flere historier, jeg tror vil hjemsøge mig som jævnlige spøgelser. Det er novellen om Tunellen. Historien om en mand, der pludselig opdagede, at toget i de sidste tyve minutter har passeret i gennem en tunnel på et sted, hvor der slet ikke findes så lange underjordiske strækninger. Det er novellen om Atelierfesten. Et vidunderligt champagneboblende indspark i coronatræghedens festløshed. Det er novellen om statistikeren på broen, der tæller alle passerende undtagen pigen han er forelsket i, fordi hun umuligt kan opsummeres i ét tal. Det er skønne og enkle noveller, der formår at pirre og lokke sindet.
Mange af de andre noveller vækkede ikke den samme begejstring i mig. Og de sidste få irriterede mig ved at være endimensionelle analogier.
Min blege bror er den type bog, det er vidunderligt at samle tilfældigt op fra den forsømte kasse med nedsatte bøger i en rodet boghandel.
Mange af de andre noveller vækkede ikke den samme begejstring i mig. Og de sidste få irriterede mig ved at være endimensionelle analogier.
Min blege bror er den type bog, det er vidunderligt at samle tilfældigt op fra den forsømte kasse med nedsatte bøger i en rodet boghandel.
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