Elisabeth Axmann
Elisabeth Axmann (19 June 1926 in Siret – 21 April 2015 in Cologne) was a Romanian writer, art and literature critic. She spent her childhood in Bukovina, Moldavia and Transylvania. Axmann moved to Germany in 1977.
Elisabeth Axmann
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- Name
- Elisabeth Axmann
- Born
- 19 June 1926
- Birthplace
- Siret, Suceava County, Romania
- Died
- 21 April 2015 (aged 88)
- Place of death
- Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Germany · Romania
- Fields
- poetry · literature · literary criticism
- Languages
- German
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Elisabeth Axmann (19 June 1926 in Siret – 21 April 2015 in Cologne) was a Romanian writer, art and literature critic. She spent her childhood in Bukovina, Moldavia and Transylvania. Axmann moved to Germany in 1977.
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Elisabeth Axmann (1926–2015) was a German and Romanian art critic, editing staff and literary critic, among other activities. Born in Siret, the art critic died in Cologne.
Elisabeth Axmann worked for Neue Literatur. The art critic was active in literary criticism, literature and poetry. Languages used include German.
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• Name — Elisabeth Axmann • Born — 19 June 1926 • Birthplace — Siret, Suceava County, Romania • Died — 21 April 2015 (aged 88) • Place of death — Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany • Occupation — Writer
Selected works
Selected works
• Spiegelufer. Gedichte 1968-2004. Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2004 (2nd Ed. 2017). • Wege, Städte. Erinnerungen. Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2005. • Fünf Dichter aus der Bukowina (Alfred Margul-Sperber, Rose Ausländer, Moses Rosenkranz, Alfred Kittner, Paul Celan). Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2007.. • Die Kunststrickerin. Erinnerungssplitter. Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2010. • Glykon. Gedichte. Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag, 2012.
Translations
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• Werner Hofmann, Fundamentele artei moderne. O introducere în formele ei simbolice, volumul I, traducere de Elisabeth Axmann-Mocanu și Bucur Stănescu, prefață de Titus Mocanu, București, Editura Meridiane, 1977
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• Hochwasser 1970 Berichte, Interviews, Fotos, 91 pagini, Editura Kriterion 1970 • Elisabeth Axmann-Mocanu (Hrg.): Künstler in Hamburg. Christians Verlag Hamburg 1982, ISBN 3-7672-0749-4.
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Elisabeth Axmann born at Siret.
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Elisabeth Axmann died at Cologne.
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Elisabeth Axmann is recorded as poet, art critic, literary critic, translator and writer.
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