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Reiner Kunze says his book, »Kiss of the Koi«, came into being from »the melancholy of happy moments.« He calls it his »'counter-book', a book to counter the prevailing tone of ugliness, nastiness, brutality.« To accompany his reflections, Kunze spent four years taking photographs from the edge of his pond - at no time using an underwater camera. He created portraits of his colorful Japanese carp (Koi) that show the dignity and individual characteristics of each fish, a photographic accompaniment as unique as the fact that a poet would use a Koi as a point of departure to reflect on our animal nature. The author speaks of them as his »allies.« Readers whose souls are not encased in a »coat of chain mail armour« will feel this way about the book.
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Reiner Kunze, geb.1933 in Oelsnitz im Erzgebirge; Bergarbeitersohn, Studium der Philosophie und Journalistik in Leipzig. 1977 Übersiedlung in die Bundesrepublik. Er erhielt zahlreiche Literaturpreise, u. a. den Büchner-Preis, den Trakl-Preis, den Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis der Stadt Bad Homburg sowie den Kunstpreis zur deutsch-tschechischen Verständigung. Seine Lyrik und Prosa wurden in dreißig Sprachen übersetzt. Im Mai 2004 wird Reiner Kunze der Preis 'Premia Bohemica' verliehen. Die Gemeinschaft der Schriftsteller Tschechiens vergibt die Auszeichnung an "ausländische Übersetzer, die sich um die tschechische Literatur besonders verdient gemacht haben". Reiner Kunze hat immer wieder Übertragungen aus dem Tschechischen veröffentlicht, Werke von insgesamt über 60 Autoren hat er im Laufe der Jahre übersetzt. 2009 wurde ihm der Thüringer Literaturpreis verliehen.
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Reiner Kunze says his book, »Kiss of the Koi«, came into being from »the melancholy of happy moments.« He calls it his »›counter-book‹, a book to counter the prevailing tone of ugliness, nastiness, brutality.« To accompany his reflections, Kunze spent four years taking photographs from the edge of his pond - at no time using an underwater camera. He created portraits of his colorful Japanese carp (Koi) that show the dignity and individual characteristics of each fish, a photographic accompaniment as unique as the fact that a poet would use a Koi as a point of departure to reflect on our animal nature. The author speaks of them as his »allies.« Readers whose souls are not encased in a »coat of chain mail armour« will feel this way about the book.
