Ulrich Raulff

{{Short description|German journalist, author and translator (born 1950)}}{{More sources needed|date=November 2024}}

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Ulrich Raulff (born 13 February 1950 as Ulrich Raulf near Meinerzhagen) is a German cultural scientist and writer.

Early life

Raulff studied English, philosophy and history at Marburg University, gaining his doctorate under the philosopher {{ill|Dietmar Kamper|de}} in October 1977.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Career

After changing his name to Raulff, Raulf became a habilitation at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1995 in cultural studies.{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |date=October 11, 2010 |title=The German National Archive for Literature at Marbach: A Vision of 21st |url=https://tec.fsi.stanford.edu/events/the_german_national_archive_for_literature_at_marbach_a_vision_of_21st_century_culture |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=The Europe Center, Stanford University |language=en}} Since 1994 he was feuilleton-Redakteur for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,{{Cite web |title=Ulrich Raulff: Aktuelle News der FAZ zum Kulturwissenschaftler |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/thema/ulrich-raulff |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.faz.net}} since 1997 head of department and from 2001 a senior editor with the features section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.{{Cite web |title=Ulrich Raulff {{!}} ZKM |url=https://zkm.de/de/person/ulrich-raulff |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=zkm.de |language=de}} In 1979, he was one of the founders of the magazine Tumult. He researches and publishes on Marc Bloch, Aby Warburg and the George Circle.{{Cite journal |last=Trüper |first=Henning |date=2011-03-28 |title=A Dead Poet's Society |url=https://laviedesidees.fr/A-Dead-Poet-s-Society |journal=Books & Ideas |language=en}} In 2018 he departed his role at the German Museum of Modern Literature, after leading the German Literature Archive{{Cite web |title=Excursion to the German Literature Archive |url=https://www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskolleg/events/review-on-past-events/single-review-on-past-events/excursion-to-the-german-literature-archive/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.uni-konstanz.de}} for nearly 15 years.{{Cite web |last=Zeitung |first=Stuttgarter |title=Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach: Ulrich Raulff: Der Herr der Zeitkapseln geht |url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.deutsches-literaturarchiv-marbach-ulrich-raulff-der-herr-der-zeitkapseln-geht.4ee0f430-40f1-448f-94c7-aeaa773978da.html |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=stuttgarter-zeitung.de |language=de}}

Raulff is a member of the foundation board of the Stefan George Foundation. He is a member of the PEN Centre Germany and since 2007 the German Academy for Language and Literature in Darmstadt.{{Update inline|date=November 2024}}

Prizes

  • For his book "Study circle without a Master", in which he studied the history of the George circle after the death of Stefan Georges in 1933,{{Cite web |last=Homann |first=Von Ursula |title="Kein happy end" - Ulrich Raulff hat eine posthume Biografie von Stefan George verfasst : literaturkritik.de |url=https://literaturkritik.de/id/13728 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=literaturkritik.de |language=de-DE}} Raulff received the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2010 in the category "Non-fiction and essayistics".
  • In 1998, he was awarded the Science Prize of the Aby-Warburg Foundation, 2013 with the Ernst Robert Curtius Prize.
  • In 2013, he received the first-class merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Bibliography

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  • {{cite book | last=Warburg | first=Aby Moritz | title=Schlangenritual ein Reisebericht | publication-place=Berlin | date=1995 | isbn=978-3-8031-3031-0 | oclc=603443937 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last=Raulff | first=Ulrich | title=Ein Historiker im 20. Jahrhundert : Marc Bloch | publisher=S. Fischer | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main | date=1995 | isbn=3-10-062909-4 | oclc=33450894 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last=Raulff | first=Ulrich | title=Der unsichtbare Augenblick : Zeitkonzepte in der Geschichte | publisher=Wallstein | publication-place=Göttingen | date=1999 | isbn=3-89244-346-7 | oclc=50169532 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last=Raulff | first=Ulrich | title=Wilde Energien : vier Versuche zu Aby Warburg | publisher=Wallstein | publication-place=Göttingen | date=2003 | isbn=3-89244-674-1 | oclc=53332301 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last1=Bernard | first1=Andreas | last2=Raulff | first2=Ulrich | title=Theodor W. Adorno, "Minima Moralia" neu gelesen | publisher=Suhrkamp | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main | date=2003 | isbn=3-518-12284-3 | oclc=51862778 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last1=Raulff | first1=Ulrich | last2=Näfelt | first2=Lutz | last3=Jaegle | first3=Dietmar | author4=Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach | author5=Literaturmuseum der Moderne | author6=Ausstellung Das Geheime Deutschland. Eine Ausgrabung Marbach am Neckar | title=Das geheime Deutschland eine Ausgrabung; Köpfe aus dem George-Kreis; [zur Ausstellung: "Das Geheime Deutschland. Eine Ausgrabung", Literaturmuseum der Moderne, Marbach am Neckar, 13. März 2008 bis 31. August 2008] | publication-place=Marbach am Neckar | date=2008 | isbn=978-3-937384-37-5 | oclc=227341003 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last=Raulff | first=Ulrich | title=Kreis ohne Meister : Stefan Georges Nachleben | publisher=C.H. Beck | publication-place=München | date=2009 | isbn=978-3-406-59225-6 | oclc=441147941 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last=Raulff | first=Ulrich | title=Wiedersehen mit den Siebzigern die wilden Jahre des Lesens | publication-place=Stuttgart | date=2014 | isbn=978-3-608-94893-6 | oclc=879494046 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last=Raulff | first=Ulrich | title=Das letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde : Geschichte einer Trennung | publication-place=München | date=2015 | isbn=978-3-406-68245-2 | oclc=923734343 | language=de}}
  • {{cite book | last1=Raulff | first1=Ulrich | last2=Kemp | first2=Ruth Ahmedzai | title=Farewell to the horse : the final century of our relationship | publication-place=[London] UK | date=2017 | isbn=978-0-241-25760-9 | oclc=988233898}}

=Critical studies and reviews of Raulff's work=

  • {{cite journal |author=Klinkenborg, Verlyn |author-link=Verlyn Klinkenborg |date=22 February 2018 |title=A horse is a horse, of course |journal=The New York Review of Books |volume=65 |issue=3 |pages=46–47}} Review of Farewell to the horse.

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