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Theo Breuer (born March 30, 1956) is a German poet, essayist, editor, translator and publisher. ==Life and work== Theo Breuer was born in Bürvenich, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany and educated at Cologne University where he studied German and English linguistics and literature. He has written many books of poetry and essays on contemporary literature since 1988.〔(''Lyrikstationen 2009'' (Poetry Platforms 2009) )〕 In collaboration with artists and poets in Canada, England, Italy, Japan, the USA and other countries, he has published experimental and visual poetry. In 2007, Redfoxpress (Dugort, Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland) published ''Word Theatre'', a selection of Breuer's visual poetry.〔(''Word Theatre'' )〕 Breuer has participated in numerous mail art projects since 1991 together with artists such as Ryosuke Cohen, György Galántai, and Litsa Spathi. He has written a number of long essays and monographs〔''Bücher, Menschen und Fiktionen im Herbst 2009'' (Books, People, Fictions in Autumn 2009) ()〕 exploring the widely-ramifying possibilities of literary expression and verse-forms since 1989 and portraying poets such as Hans Bender,〔(''Neunzig werden'' (Becoming Ninety) )〕 Thomas Bernhard,〔(Die Arbeit als Leidenschaft, die fortgesetzte Partitur als Leben. Hommage zu Thomas Bernhards 80. Geburtstag )〕 Rolf Dieter Brinkmann,〔(''Was Neues im Westen'' (News from the West) )〕 Michael Hamburger, Ernst Jandl, Thomas Kling, Friederike Mayröcker, W. G. Sebald and plenty of others. Theo Breuer’s poems have been translated into English, French, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Russian and published in numerous national and international anthologies, calendars, catalogues, literary magazines, and the Internet.〔(''Der deutsche Lyrikkalender 2010'' (German Poetry Calendar 2010) )〕 He has translated two books of poetry by Richard Burns (aka Richard Berengarten) into German: ''Tree'' (''Baum'', 1989) and ''Black Light'' (''Schwarzes Licht'', 1996). In 2009 he participated in ''Richard Burns, Volta: A Multilingual Anthology'', issue 9 of ''The International Literary Quarterly'' (London).〔( Richard Burns, ''Volta: A Multilingual Anthology'' )〕 At his small press, Edition YE,〔Klára Hůrková: ''Sei vielgestaltig wie das Weltall. Die lyrische Reihe Edition YE''. In: Zeichen & Wunder. Zeitschrift für Kultur, 16. Jg., Vol. 45., Frankfurt am Main 2004, p. 81-84, 〕 which he founded in 1993, Breuer also publishes the poetry magazine ''Faltblatt'' (Flyer), the ''YE'' international anthology series, an assemblage with original art and handwritten poetry containing original works by approx. 300 authors and artists from 28 countries, among others John M. Bennett, Guillermo Deisler, or Michael Leigh, and a series of contemporary German poets. As editor of an annual anthology of handwritten poetry he has collected original autographs by well-known poets such as Hans Bender, Richard Burns, Günter Kunert, Walter Helmut Fritz, Michael Hamburger and many more. Each issue of these hand-bound artists' books also contains original art by contemporary international artists.〔''Lyrische Reihe edition bauwagen'' (Poetry Series Edition Site Caravan Itzehoe) ()〕 As permanent freelancer of the German annual ''Muschelhaufen'' (edited by Erik Martin) from 1994 - 2008 Breuer contributed essays and reviews on mail art, contemporary poetry and prose as well as portraits on coeval authors and small presses.〔Masthead ''Muschelhaufen'' 1994-2008, 〕 A fabulous reader not only of his own poetry, Breuer presents overviews of German poetry from the beginnings in the Middle Ages up to the present in the 21st century.〔Matthias Hagedorn: ''Große Lyrik im kleinen Kreis'' (Great Poetry in Small Circles) ()〕 Theo Breuer lives in the village of Sistig (municipality Kall) in the Eifel National Park near the Belgian border. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theo Breuer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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