Georg Aescht

Georg Aescht, born in Zeiden, Romania, in 1953, taught at a German grammar school after studying German and English language and literature at the University of Klausenburg/Cluj. In 1984 he immigrated with his wife and daughter to Germany and in 1991 he took on the position of editor at the Bonn Foundation for East German Cultural Counsel, where he presently edits the »cultural and political correspondence«. Along with his work as a journalist he has translated books by Banciu, Manea, Papilian and Sebastian from Romanian and French, of which he was also editor.