Neue Sirene
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The German literary magazine
Neue Sirene was founded in 1994 and is issued twice a year. The magazine prints German and international literature, while the latter is always accompanied by its German translation
. Thus, the publishers intend to present the "stylistic and thematic richness of contemporary literature". Additionally, each number also contains artistic photograph
s. Bettina Hohoff is the editor in chief.
Since number 21 (2007) the Neue Sirene is edited as book series
under the title Crucial Contemporary Literature. The concept of mixing German and international literary texts has been kept. Following the editors, three groups of author
s are presented equally:
Neue Sirene exclusively publishes first editions, which is also true for already well established writers, such as Jean Cocteau
, Emily Dickinson
, Imre Kertész
, Eugenio Montale
, Sylvia Plath
and Rainer Maria Rilke
. Each issue contains an editorial
as introduction. Published authors are e.g. Adunis, Michael Basse, Klaus Ebner
, Michael Eisele, İsmet Elçi, Simone Frieling, Helga Gruschka, Claudia Höpfner, Dietrich Krusche, Gellu Naum
, Lutz Rathenow
, Wolfgang Sréter, and Renata Zambrzycka.
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
Neue Sirene was founded in 1994 and is issued twice a year. The magazine prints German and international literature, while the latter is always accompanied by its German translation
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...
. Thus, the publishers intend to present the "stylistic and thematic richness of contemporary literature". Additionally, each number also contains artistic photograph
Photograph
A photograph is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of...
s. Bettina Hohoff is the editor in chief.
Since number 21 (2007) the Neue Sirene is edited as book series
Book series
A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher....
under the title Crucial Contemporary Literature. The concept of mixing German and international literary texts has been kept. Following the editors, three groups of 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:...
s are presented equally:
- authors of German native language, writing in German,
- authors of a different native language, writing in German, and
- authors of a different native language, whose texts are printed in the original language, together with a German translation.
Neue Sirene exclusively publishes first editions, which is also true for already well established writers, such as Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
, Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life...
, Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész
Imre Kertész is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"....
, Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.- Early years :...
, Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College, Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer...
and Rainer Maria Rilke
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...
. Each issue contains an editorial
Editorial
An opinion piece is an article, published in a newspaper or magazine, that mainly reflects the author's opinion about the subject. Opinion pieces are featured in many periodicals.-Editorials:...
as introduction. Published authors are e.g. Adunis, Michael Basse, Klaus Ebner
Klaus Ebner
Klaus Ebner is an Austrian writer, essayist, poet, and translator. Born and raised in Vienna, he began writing at an early age. He started submitting stories to magazines in the 1980s, and also published articles and books on software topics after 1989. Ebner's poetry is written in German and...
, Michael Eisele, İsmet Elçi, Simone Frieling, Helga Gruschka, Claudia Höpfner, Dietrich Krusche, Gellu Naum
Gellu Naum
Gellu Naum was a prominent Romanian poet, dramatist, novelist, children's writer, and translator. He is remembered as the founder of the Romanian Surrealist group...
, Lutz Rathenow
Lutz Rathenow
Lutz Rathenow is a dissident German writer and poet who was haunted by the Secret Police until the German reunification...
, Wolfgang Sréter, and Renata Zambrzycka.