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Not to be confused with Stephan Weidner. German islamologist and translator
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Stefan Weidner (born 1967 in Cologne) is a German scholar of Islamic cultures, writer, and translator. Due to his contributions to the reception of Arabic and other Middle Eastern literatures, the German scholar of Modern Oriental Studies Stefan Wild described him as a "leading mediator of Middle Eastern poetry and prose into German".

Life

Already as a schoolboy, Weidner travelled to North Africa and made his first experiences with Muslim society. He later studied Modern Oriental studies, German studies and philosophy at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, University of Damascus, University of California, Berkeley, and Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Weidner is mainly known as author, translator, editor and literary critic of Arabic literature in Germany.

From 2001 until the last issue in 2016, he was editor-in-chief of the magazine Fikrun wa Fann, published by the Goethe-Institut and aimed to contribute to the dialogue between Western and Islamic-influenced cultures. He has translated numerous Arab poets, including Adonis and Mahmud Darwish. Since October 2012, Weidner has been a founding member of the Akademie der Künste der Welt [de] in Cologne.

Weidner is a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung and the writers' association PEN Centre Germany. Among others, he has written for the Süddeutsche Zeitung the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Die Zeit and Qantara.de.

His 400-page non-fiction book 1001 Buch: Die Literaturen des Orients has been described as an expert "walk through the centuries of the literatures of the Orient". Modern Oriental Studies scholar Stefan Wild commented on the book as follows: "Now, with 1001 Buch, he has succeeded in his greatest coup yet: an overall view of Arabic, Persian and Ottoman/Turkish literature from the seventh century to the present day."

Publications

As author
  • Erlesener Orient. Ein Führer durch die Literaturen der islamischen Welt. Edition Elene, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85266-239-7 (Literary criticism).
  • Mohammedanische Versuchungen. Ein erzählter Essay. Ammann Verlag, Zürich 2004, ISBN 978-3-250-60074-9, 237 pages
  • „…und sehnen uns nach einem neuen Gott…“ Poesie und Religion im Werk von Adonis. Verlag Schiler, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89930-116-1.
  • Allah heißt Gott. Eine Reise durch den Islam. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt 2006 ISBN 3-596-85212-9 (Non-fiction book for the youth)
  • Fes. Sieben Umkreisungen. Amann Verlag, Zürich 2006 ISBN 3-250-60095-4.
  • Manual für den Kampf der Kulturen. Warum der Islam eine Herausforderung ist. Ein Versuch. Verlag der Weltreligionen, Frankfurt 2008 ISBN 978-3-458-71012-7
  • Mohammedanische Versuchungen. Ein erzählter Essay. Neuausg. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-518-45982-9
  • Aufbruch in die Vernunft. Islamdebatten und islamische Welt zwischen 9/11 und den arabischen Revolutionen. Verlag J.H.W. Dietz Nachf., Bonn 2011 ISBN 978-3-8012-0417-4
  • Das Morgenland des Gefühls braucht eine Neue Sachlichkeit. Essay, FAZ, 14 January 2013, p. 30
  • Anti-Pegida: Eine Streitschrift. Create Space Independent Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978-1-5078-8303-7
  • Fluchthelferin Poesie. Friedrich Rückert und der Orient. Wallstein, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8353-1986-8
  • Jenseits des Westens: Für ein neues kosmopolitisches Denken. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-446-25849-5.
  • 1001 Buch: Die Literaturen des Orients, Verlag Edition Converso, Bad Herrenalb 2019, ISBN 978-3-9819-7633-5.
  • Ground Zero: 9/11 und die Geburt der Gegenwart, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2021, ISBN 978-3-446-26933-0.
As publisher
As translator

Awards

See also

References

  1. kulturradio (25 March 2018). "Jenseits des Westens – Das Gespräch mit Stefan Weidner". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. "Stefan Weidner – Autoren – Hanser Literaturverlage". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. Homepage of the Akademie der Künste der Welt Köln, retrieved 6 August 2021
  4. Süddeutsche Zeitung. "How do Yemenis tie their stockings?". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. Süddeutsche Zeitung. "Why I don't sign the petition against Amazon". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. Weidner, Stefan. Dichter Adonis zum 90. : Ewige Wiederkehr (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. Stefan Weidner (19 October 2017). "Marrakesh: Where has it gone, the Orient?". Die Zeit. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  8. "Editorial profile of Stefan Weidner". Die Zeit. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. Stefan Weidner`s Artikel auf Qantara.de
  10. Book of the Week: Stefan Weidner – 1001 Buch. The Literatures of the Orient, SWR2 [de] of 19 November 2019, retrieved 6 August 2021
  11. Wild, Stefan (2020). Rezension: Stefan Weidner, 1001 Buch. Die Literaturen des Orients (in German). p. 128.
  12. Lewis Gropp: Mäandernde Reflexionen. Qantara.de 2006 (review)
  13. "Stefan Weidner: Jenseits des Westens". Hanser Literaturverlage. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  14. "Kunststiftung NRW richtet Thomas-Kling-Poetikdozentur an der Universität Bonn ein". Kunststiftung NRW. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  15. "Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding". Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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