Ulrich Raulff Explained

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

Early life

Raulff studied English, philosophy and history at Marburg University, gaining his doctorate under the philosopher in October 1977.

Career

After changing his name to Raulff, Raulf became a habilitation at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1995 in cultural studies. Since 1994 he was feuilleton-Redakteur for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, since 1997 head of department and from 2001 a senior editor with the features section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. 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.

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.

Prizes

• For his study circle without a master, in which he studied the history of the George circle after the death of Stefan Georges in 1933, 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

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

Critical studies and reviews of Raulff's work

• Klinkenborg, Verlyn . Verlyn Klinkenborg . 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.