Ulrich Raulff

Ulrich Raulff

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 Dietmar Kamper  [ de ] in October 1977. ^[1]

Career

After changing his name back to Raulff in 1977, he habilitated at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1995 in cultural studies. ^[2] Since 1994 he was feuilleton-Redakteur for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , ^[3] since 1997 head of department and from 2001 a senior editor with the features section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung . ^[4] In 1979, he was one of the founders of the magazine Tumult. ^[5] He researches and publishes on Marc Bloch, Aby Warburg and the George Circle. ^[6] In 2018 he departed his role at the German Museum of Modern Literature, after leading the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach ^[7] for nearly 15 years. ^[8]

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. ^{[9] [10]}

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, ^[11] Raulff received the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2010 in the category "Non-fiction and essayistics". ^[12]
• In 1998, he was awarded the Science Prize of the Aby-Warburg Foundation, 2013 with the Ernst Robert Curtius Prize. ^[13]
• In 2013, he received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. ^[14]

Bibliography

• Warburg, Aby Moritz (1995). Schlangenritual ein Reisebericht (in German). Berlin: Wagenbach. ISBN   978-3-8031-3031-0. OCLC   603443937.
• Raulff, Ulrich (1995). Ein Historiker im 20. Jahrhundert : Marc Bloch (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN   3-10-062909-4. OCLC   33450894.
• Raulff, Ulrich (1999). Der unsichtbare Augenblick : Zeitkonzepte in der Geschichte (in German). Göttingen: Wallstein. ISBN   3-89244-346-7. OCLC   50169532.
• Raulff, Ulrich (2003). Wilde Energien : vier Versuche zu Aby Warburg (in German). Göttingen: Wallstein. ISBN   3-89244-674-1. OCLC   53332301.
• Bernard, Andreas; Raulff, Ulrich (2003). Theodor W. Adorno, "Minima Moralia" neu gelesen (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN   3-518-12284-3. OCLC   51862778.
• Raulff, Ulrich; Näfelt, Lutz; Jaegle, Dietmar; Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach; Literaturmuseum der Moderne; Ausstellung Das Geheime Deutschland. Eine Ausgrabung Marbach am Neckar (2008). 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] (in German). Marbach am Neckar: Dt. Schillergesellschaft. ISBN   978-3-937384-37-5. OCLC   227341003.
• Raulff, Ulrich (2009). Kreis ohne Meister : Stefan Georges Nachleben (in German). München: C.H. Beck. ISBN   978-3-406-59225-6. OCLC   441147941.
• Raulff, Ulrich (2014). Wiedersehen mit den Siebzigern die wilden Jahre des Lesens (in German). Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta. ISBN   978-3-608-94893-6. OCLC   879494046.
• Raulff, Ulrich (2015). Das letzte Jahrhundert der Pferde : Geschichte einer Trennung (in German). München: C.H. Beck. ISBN   978-3-406-68245-2. OCLC   923734343.
• Raulff, Ulrich; Kemp, Ruth Ahmedzai (2017). Farewell to the horse : the final century of our relationship. [London] UK: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books. ISBN   978-0-241-25760-9. OCLC   988233898.
• Raulff, Ulrich (2025). Wie es euch gefällt (in German). München: C.H.Beck. ISBN   978-3-406-83730-2.

Critical studies and reviews of Raulff's work

• Klinkenborg, Verlyn (22 February 2018). "A horse is a horse, of course". The New York Review of Books. 65 (3): 46–47. Review of Farewell to the horse.

References

1. "Von Geschmack, Ästhetik und Kennerschaft". Philipps-Universität Marburg (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
2. "The German National Archive for Literature at Marbach: A Vision of 21st". The Europe Center, Stanford University. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
3. "Ulrich Raulff: Aktuelle News der FAZ zum Kulturwissenschaftler". www.faz.net. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
4. "Ulrich Raulff | ZKM". zkm.de (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
5. "Über TUMULT". TUMULT Magazine (in German). 1 January 1970. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
6. Trüper, Henning (28 March 2011). "A Dead Poet's Society". Books & Ideas.
7. "Excursion to the German Literature Archive". www.uni-konstanz.de. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
8. Zeitung, Stuttgarter. "Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach: Ulrich Raulff: Der Herr der Zeitkapseln geht". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
9. "Ulrich Raulff". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
10. "Ulrich Raulff". WOLL-Magazin Sauerland (in German). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
11. Homann, Von Ursula. ""Kein happy end" - Ulrich Raulff hat eine posthume Biografie von Stefan George verfasst : literaturkritik.de". literaturkritik.de (in German). Retrieved 3 November 2024.
12. "Preisgekrönter Lesestoff". Der Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse - Stadt Leipzig (in German). 1 April 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
13. "Curtius-Preise an Ulrich Raulff und Adam Soboczynski". Universität Bonn (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
14. "Ordensverleihung zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit". Der Bundespräsident (in German). 4 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2025.