Peter Rühmkorf
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Peter Rühmkorf was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature.
Rühmkorf's literary career started in 1952 in Hamburg
with the magazine Zwischen den Kriegen ("Between the Wars"), which the poet and essayist Werner Riegel and he edited and mainly wrote, until Riegel's early death in 1956. Both of them belonged to the initiators of the Studentenkurier, an influential monthly for young German intellectuals and students.
Rühmkorf was awarded every important German award, including the Georg Büchner Prize
, the Heinrich Heine Prize
and the Erich Kästner Prize. Rühmkorf was also among the four who were ever awarded with the Arno Schmidt Prize. His pseudonyms were Leo Doletzki, Leslie Maier, Johannes Fontara, Lyng, John Frieder, Hans-Werner Weber, Harry Flieder, and Hans Hingst.
His voice can be heard on: Früher, als wir die großen Ströme noch … (suite for speaker and ensemble) with Dietmar Bonnen
and Andreas Schilling. On stage and on record he was accompanied by jazz musicians Michael Naura on piano and Wolfgang Schlüter on vibes for more than 30 years.
Rühmkorf's literary career started in 1952 in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
with the magazine Zwischen den Kriegen ("Between the Wars"), which the poet and essayist Werner Riegel and he edited and mainly wrote, until Riegel's early death in 1956. Both of them belonged to the initiators of the Studentenkurier, an influential monthly for young German intellectuals and students.
Rühmkorf was awarded every important German award, including the Georg Büchner Prize
Georg Büchner Prize
The Georg Büchner Prize is the most important literary prize of Germany. It was created in 1923 in memory of Georg Büchner and was only given to artists who came from or were closely tied to Büchner's home of Hesse...
, the Heinrich Heine Prize
Heinrich Heine Prize
Heinrich Heine Prize refers to two different awards named after the 19th century German poet Christian Johann Heinrich Heine:* Heinrich Heine prize of Düsseldorf...
and the Erich Kästner Prize. Rühmkorf was also among the four who were ever awarded with the Arno Schmidt Prize. His pseudonyms were Leo Doletzki, Leslie Maier, Johannes Fontara, Lyng, John Frieder, Hans-Werner Weber, Harry Flieder, and Hans Hingst.
His voice can be heard on: Früher, als wir die großen Ströme noch … (suite for speaker and ensemble) with Dietmar Bonnen
Dietmar Bonnen
- Life :Dietmar Bonnen studied music and fine arts in Cologne and Düsseldorf. In 1981 he founded the avantgarde-rock ensemble Fleisch, with whom he recorded several CDs with his own compositions. After two years of production he published a CD called “Bonnen spielt …” with organ music of the 20th...
and Andreas Schilling. On stage and on record he was accompanied by jazz musicians Michael Naura on piano and Wolfgang Schlüter on vibes for more than 30 years.
Works
- (with Werner Riegel): Heiße Lyrik, Limes, Wiesbaden 1956 [poems]
- Irdisches Vergnügen in g. Fünfzig Gedichte, Rowohlt, Hamburg 1959 [poems]
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. Biographie, Rowohlt, Hamburg 1961 [biography] - Kunststücke. Fünfzig Gedichte nebst einer Anleitung zum Widerspruch, Rowohlt, Hamburg 1962 [poems, essay]
- Über das Volksvermögen. Exkurse in den literarischen Untergrund, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1967 [monograph]
- Was heißt hier VolsiniiVolsiniiVolsinii or Vulsinii , is the name of two ancient cities of Etruria, one situated on the shore of Lacus Volsiniensis , and the other on the Via Clodia, between Clusium and Forum Cassii...
? Bewegte Szenen aus dem klassischen Wirtschaftsleben, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1969 [stage play] - Die Jahre die ihr kennt. Anfälle und Erinnerungen, Rowohlt, Reinbek Rowohlt 1972 [autobiography]
- Lombard gibt den Letzten. Ein Schauspiel, Wagenbach, Berlin 1972 [stage play]
- Die Handwerker kommen. Ein Familiendrama, Wagenbach, Berlin 1974 [stage play]
- Walther von der VogelweideWalther von der VogelweideWalther von der Vogelweide is the most celebrated of the Middle High German lyric poets.-Life history:For all his fame, Walther's name is not found in contemporary records, with the exception of a solitary mention in the travelling accounts of Bishop Wolfger of Erla of the Passau diocese:...
, KlopstockFriedrich Gottlieb KlopstockFriedrich Gottlieb Klopstock was a German poet.-Biography:Klopstock was born at Quedlinburg, the eldest son of a lawyer.Both in his birthplace and on the estate of Friedeburg on the Saale, which his father later rented, young Klopstock passed a happy childhood; and more attention having been given...
und ich, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1975 [essays] - Phoenix – voran! Gedichte, pawel pan, Dreieich 1977 [poems]
- Strömungslehre I. Poesie, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1978 [poems, essays]
- Haltbar bis Ende 1999, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1979 [poems]
- Auf Wiedersehen in Kenilworth. Ein Märchen in dreizehn Kapiteln, Fischer, Frankfurt on Main 1980 [fairy tales]
- Im Fahrtwind. Gedichte und Geschichte, Bertelsmann, Berlin (et al.) 1980 [poems, prose]
- agar agar – zaurzaurim. Zur Naturgeschichte des Reims und der menschlichen Anklangsnerven, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1981 [university lectures]
- Kleine Fleckenkunde, Haffmans, Zürich 1982 [inkblot studies]
- Der Hüter des Misthaufens. Aufgeklärte Märchen, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1983 [fairy tales]
- Blaubarts letzte Reise. Ein Märchen, pawel pan, Dreieich 1983 [fairy tale]
- Bleib erschütterbar und widersteh. Aufsätze – Reden – Selbstgespräche, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1984 [essays, addresses, prose]
- Mein Lesebuch, Fischer, Frankfurt on Main 1986 [anthology]
- Außer der Liebe nichts. LiebesgedichteRowohlt, Reinbek 1986 [love poems]
- Dintemann und Schindemann. Aufgeklärte Märchen, Reclam, Leipzig 1986 [fairy tales]
- Selbstredend und selbstreimend. Gedichte – Gedanken – Lichtblicke, Reclam, Stuttgart 1987 [poems, prose]
- Werner Riegel. „ … beladen mit Sendung. Dichter und armes Schwein“, Reclam, Stuttgart 1988 [biography and edition]
- Einmalig wie wir alle, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1989
- Dreizehn deutsche Dichter, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1989 [essays]
- Selbst III/88. Aus der Fassung, Haffmans, Zürich 1989 [autobiographica]
- Komm raus! Gesänge, Märchen, Kunststücke, Wagenbach, Berlin 1992 [poems, songs, fairy tales, prose]
- Deutschland, ein Lügenmärchen, Wallstein, Göttingen 1993 [essay]
- Lass leuchten! Memos, Märchen, TaBu, Gedichte, Selbstporträt mit und ohne Hut, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1993 [collection]
- Tabu I. Tagebücher 1989–1991, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1995 [autobiography]
- Gedichte, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996 [poems]
- Ich habe Lust, im weiten Feld… Betrachtungen einer abgeräumten Schachfigur, Wallstein, Göttingen 1996 [essays]
- Die Last, die Lust und die List. Aufgeklärte Märchen, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996 [fairy tales]
- Ein Buch der Freundschaft, Rommerskirchen, Remagen-Rolandseck 1996
- Lethe mit Schuß. Gedichte, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt on Main 1998 [poems]
- wenn – aber dann. Vorletzte Gedichte, Rowohl, Reinbek 1999 [poems]
- Von mir zu Euch für uns, Steidl, Göttingen 1999 [poems]
- Wo ich gelernt habe, Wallstein, Göttingen 1999 [autobiographica]
- (with Horst JanssenHorst JanssenHorst Janssen was a German printmaker and draftsman.- Early life and education :He was born in Hamburg. His mother, Martha Janssen, was a dressmaker from Oldenburg; he never knew his father. Janssen was brought up in Oldenburg by his mother and grandparents in Lerchenstraße fourteen...
): Mein lieber Freund und Kompanjung, Felix Jud, Hamburg 1999 - (with Robert GernhardtRobert GernhardtRobert Gernhardt was a German writer, painter, caricaturist and poet.-Life:Robert Gernhardt studied Painting and German in Stuttgart and Berlin. He was one of the regular contributors to the satirical magazine Pardon, where he did the section Welt im Spiegel together with F. K. Waechter and F. W...
): In gemeinsamer Sache. Gedichte über Liebe und Tod, Natur und Kunst, Haffmans, Zürich 2000 [poems] - Das Lied der Deutschen, Wallstein, Göttingen 2001 (on Hoffmann von Fallersleben)
- Funken fliegen zwischen Hut und Schuh. Lichtblicke, Schweifsterne, Donnerkeile, ed. Stefan Ulrich Meyer, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 2003 [poems]
- Tabu II. Tagebücher 1971–1972Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004 [autobiography]
- Wenn ich mal richtig ICH sag … . Ein Lese-Bilderbuch, Steidl, Göttingen 2004 [prose]
- Aufwachen und Wiederfinden. Gedichte, Insel, Frankfurt on Main 2007 [poems]
- Paradiesvogelschiß. Gedichte, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2008 [last poems]