Benedikt Ledebur
Benedikt Ledebur is a poet, essayist and critic based in Vienna, Austria.
Benedikt Ledebur
- Born
- 1964 · Munich.
- Occupation
- translator · philosopher · writer · poet
- Education
- University of Vienna
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Benedikt Ledebur is a poet, essayist and critic based in Vienna, Austria.
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Life and work
Life and work
Ledebur was editor of two issues of Der Ficker – a homage to the bimonthly Der Brenner of Ludwig von Ficker – in 2005 and 2006. They were published on the occasion of exhibitions in Austria and Belgium showing among other Franz West, Clegg & Guttmann, Rudolf Polanszky and Tamuna Sirbiladze. Ledebur was the partner of Sirbiladze during her last years until her death 2016.
Cooperations
Cooperations
• Zwischen den Zeilen, Volume 22, Urs Engeler (Editor), John Donne - Translations Engeler-Verlag, Zurich 2003. • Zwischen den Zeilen, Volume 23, Theresia Prammer (Editor), Ein Gedicht und seine Nachbilder. Zu Übersetzungen von Giacomo Leopardis l´infinito, Engeler-Verlag, Zurich 2004. • Zu einer Semiologie der Sinne, Rudolf Polanszky, Onestarpress, Paris 2005. • Der Ficker No. 1, Benedikt Ledebur (Editor), Schlebrügge Editor, Vienna 2005. • Wolfenbütteler Übersetzergespräche IV - VI, Olaf Kutzmutz & Adrian La Salvia (Editor), Translation: Shadowtime / Schattenzeit, by Charles Bernstein, Bundesakademie für kulturelle Bildung, Wolfenbüttel 2006. • Der Ficker No. 2, Benedikt Ledebur (Editor), Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna 2006. • Displacement and Condensation, Franz West, The Form of Enjoyment: Fragrances Obsessed by Herb, or the Sneeze in Art, Gagosian Gallery, London 2006. • Aphatischer Muse Rede, Eulogy on Brigitta Falkner, Vienna 2007. • Das Kosmöschen in chaotischer Auslese, zu Dominik Steigers Ausstellung Kosmöschen Steiger in the gallery Hohenlohe & Kalb, Vienna 2008. • Bildsatz, Franz Josef Czernin, Martin Janda (Editors), on Werner Feiersinger, Du Mont Buchverlag, Cologne 2008. • Nichts tun, Oswald Egger (Editor), Zum Verhältnis von Dichtung und Mathematik, Das böhmische Dorf, Neuss-Holzheim 2009. • The Paradox of the Real in Art in Hyper Real - The Passion of the Real in Painting and Photography Walther König, Cologne 2010. • 4 Schnellgedichte und 6 Schnellzeichnungen, in: KLEINE AXT, Ulf Stolterfoht (Editor), www.kleineaxt.wordpress.com, 1. November 2010. • Ethik, Geld, Politik und Poetik - Fragen zum Fall Ezra Pounds, dem Dichter der Pisan Cantos, in: TIMBER! Eine kollektive Poetologie, Ulf Stolterfoht (Editor), www.timberpoetologie.wordpress.com, 27. Februar 2011. • Extroversion - A Talk, with Franz West, Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna 2011. • Dieter Roths weißes Blatt Gedichte, kalmenzone literary magazine, No. 7, www.kalmenzone.de, Cornelius van Alsum (Ed.), April 2015. • Proof, Michael Huey, Peter Bogner (Ed.), Friedrich Kiesler Foundation, Vienna 2015. • Translinear Structures, Rudolf Polanszky, Andrea Schantl (Ed.), The Poetic Character of the Meaningless, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2015. • Tamuna Sirbiladze - Eve's apple, in memory, curated by Benedikt Ledebur, Charim Galerie, Vienna 2016. • Two Paintings by Michaela Eichwald at the Group Exhibition "The Unknown Masterpiece" and a Further Balzac Book Title and The Power of Women and the Freedom in Collages - Franz Wests Designs in Das unbekannte Meisterwerk / The Unknown Masterpiece, Christian Meyer (Hg./ed.), Schlebrügge.Editor, Wien 2017 • Gestalt und Prozess, in Zeitschrift für Kulturphilosophie 2017|1, Ralf Konersmann, Dirk Westerkamp (Editors), Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg 2017. • Gedenken und Ästhetik - Reflexionen und Lektüre zur Ausstellung "Der Sand aus den Uhren" samt trauriger Exkursion in die eigene Familiengeschichte, in Der Sand aus den Uhren, Benjamin A. Kaufmann (Ed.), Passagen Verlag, Vienna 2017. • Tamuna Sirbiladze, Benedikt Ledebur, Lucas Zwirner (Editors), David Zwirner Books, New York 2017. • Max Henry 1820, curated by Benedikt Ledebur, Charim Galerie, Vienna 2018. • The act of reclining / L'acte de s'allonger, in: Franz West, p. 186, Mark Godfrey & Christine Macel (Editors), Paris, London 2018. • On the Song and Language of Animals - An etude from memory on Franz West's Otium, in: Otium - Franz West, Booklet, Astrid Ihle (Editor), Heimo Zobernig (Concept), Koenig Books Ltd, London 2018.
Publications
• Poetisches Opfer, Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt/Vienna 1998. • ÜBER/TRANS/LATE/SPÄT, Onestarpress, Paris 2001. • Nach John Donne, Der Pudel, Vienna 2004. • Genese, Onomato, Edition Schwarzes Quadrat, Düsseldorf 2008. • Montaigne: Versuche der Selbstauflösung, Klever Verlag, Vienna 2010. • Kuburebi/Baukasten, Poems and essays, translated into Georgian, Dato Barbakadse (Ed.), Mertskuli-Verlag, Tbilisi 2011. • Ein Fall für die Philosophie: Über Dichtung, Rhetorik und Mathematik, Klever Verlag, Vienna 2014. • Das Paradox des Realen. Essays zur Kunst, Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna 2015. • karis ciskwili/Windmühle - A wreath of sonnets for Tamuna Sirbiladze, translated into Georgian by Lulu Dadiani, Tbilisi 2017. • portraits of friends, Marburg 2026.
Awards
• 2015: Art Critics Award • 2026: "neue texte"-Essaypreis
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- 1.Der Ficker No2 Der Ficker No. 2 Schlebrügge.Editor
- 2.Tamuna Sirbiladze, Website.
- 3.Tamuna Sirbiladze , Obituary in the Art Magazine Spike
- 4.Poetisches Opfer Ritter Verlag
- 5.ÜBER/TRANS/LATE/SPÄT.
- 6.Nach John Donne in the literary magazine 'kolik'
- 7.Genese Website of the Onomato-Verlag
- 8.Montaigne: Versuche der Selbstauflösung Website of Klever Verlag
- 9.Kuburebi/Baukasten as pdf
- 10.Ein Fall für die Philosophie: Über Dichtung, Rhetorik und Mathematik Website of Klever Verlag
- 11.Das Paradox des Realen. Essays zur Kunst Website of Schlebrügge.Editor
- 12.ZdZ Heft 22 literary magazine Zwischen den Zeilen
- 13.John Donne - Translations
- 14.Zwischen den Zeilen, Heft 23 Website of the Engeler-Verlag
- 15.Theresia Prammer.
- 16.Ein Gedicht und seine Nachbilder. Zu Übersetzungen von Giacomo Leopardis L'infinito Academia.edu
- 17.Zu einer Semiologie der Sinne Website of Onestarpress
- 18.Der Ficker No1 Website of Schlebrügge.Editor
- 19.Wolfenbütteler Übersetzergespräche IV - VI.
- 20.Adrian La Salvia.
- 21.Shadowtime / Schattenzeit
- 22.THE FORM OF ENJOYMENT Benedikt Ledebur in Conversation with Franz West
- 23.Ledebur, Benedikt. APHATISCHER MUSE REDE. December 2008.
- 24.Kosmöschen Steiger, Thomas Eder (Editor), Ritterverlag, Klagenfurt/Vienna 2014.
- 25.Bildsatz Website of Martin Janda gallery
- 26.Zum Verhältnis von Dichtung und Mathematik Academia.edu
- 27.The Paradox of the Real in Art in Hyper Real - The Passsion of Real in Painting and Photography
- 28.Hyper Real Edited by: mumok
- 29.Benedikt Ledebur at KLEINE AXT
- 30.TIMBER! Eine kollektive Poetologie
- 31.Extroversion - A Talk / Ein Gespräch Website of Schlebrügge.Editor
- 32.Benedikt Ledebur in kalmenzone literary magazine, No. 7
- 33.Proof Website of the Friedrich Kiesler Foundation
- 34.Translinear Structures Website of Kerber-Verlag
- 35.The Poetic Character of the Meaningless Academia.edu
- 36.Tamuna Sirbiladze - Eve's apple, in memory Website of Charim Gallery
- 37.The Unknown Masterpiece Schlebrügge.Editor
- 38.Gestalt und Prozess Felix Meiner Verlag
- 39.Der Sand aus den Uhren Passagen Verlag
- 40.Tamuna Sirbiladze David Zwirner Books
- 41.Max Henry 1820 Website of Charim Gallery
- 42.West First edition in French: Édition du Centre Pompidou, Paris 2018, English Edition: Tate Enterprises Ltd 2018
- 43.- Franz West
- 44.Art Critic Award
- 45.Heimrad-Bäcker-Preise 2026. 20260504055836. 4 May 2026.
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