Jürgen Theobaldy

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Jürgen Theobaldy (born March 7, 1944 in Strasbourg ) is a German writer who lives in Switzerland .

life and work

Jürgen Theobaldy, who comes from a working-class family, grew up in Mannheim . After completing a commercial apprenticeship , he studied to be a primary and secondary school teacher at the universities of teacher education in Freiburg im Breisgau and Heidelberg . After that study , he literature at the universities of Heidelberg and Cologne , and since 1974 at the Free University in Berlin . He has lived in Switzerland since 1984.

Jürgen Theobaldy, whose literary beginnings lie in the student movement of the 1960s, began to experiment with everyday poetry and stricter, traditional forms in the 1970s . In addition to poems , he has also published a number of prose volumes , most of which process the author's own experiences.

In 1992 he received a book award from the city of Bern for his work In den Aufwind and in 2003 for the Trilogy der Next Targets . The Literary Commission of the City of Bern awarded him the 2006 Literature Prize for his complete works.

Jürgen Theobaldy is a member of the “ Authors of Switzerland ” association. Until 2009 he worked part-time as a recorder of minutes for the parliamentary services of the Federal Assembly.

Works

Envelope of the Wild Carnations (2005)
  • Locking seat . Poems, Cologne 1973
  • Bruises . Poems, Reinbek near Hamburg 1974
  • Snow in the office . Poem, Berlin 1974
  • Change of poetry , Munich 1976 (together with Gustav Zürcher)
  • Second class . Poems, Berlin 1976
  • Cinema on Sundays . Roman, Berlin 1978
  • Drinks . Poems, Heidelberg 1979
  • Heavy earth, smoke . Poems, Reinbek near Hamburg 1980
  • Spanish walls . Roman, Reinbek near Hamburg 1981
  • The summer tour . Poems, Reinbek near Hamburg 1983
  • Midlands, drinks . Poems, Heidelberg 1984
  • The festival in the courtyard . Stories, Berlin 1985
  • On the upswing . Poems, Berlin 1990
  • The night picture collector . Poems, Cologne 1992
  • Polyphonic green . Prose and poetry, Berlin a. a. 1994
  • Jürgen Theobaldy & Thomas Weber . Narrative, Berlin 1996 (with Thomas Weber)
  • Again and again everything . Poems, Lüneburg 2000, ISBN 978-3-933156-54-9 .
  • Houses trembling in the distance . Prosa, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-88423-170-7 .
  • Trilogy of the next goals . Roman, zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2003, ISBN 978-3-933156-77-8 .
  • Wild carnations . Poems, to Klampen Verlag, Springe 2005, ISBN 978-3-933156-84-6 .
  • Open 24 hours . Poems, Verlag Peter Engstler, Ostheim / Rhön 2006, ISBN 3-929375-75-3 .
  • Search is difficult . Poems, Verlag Peter Engstler, Ostheim / Rhön 2012, ISBN 978-3-941126-33-6 .
  • Up close . Roman, Verlag Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-88423-441-9 .
  • Reimbursement . Roman, Verlag Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-88423-491-4 .
  • Every now and then. Poems from Japan. Verlag Peter Engstler, Ostheim / Rhön 2015, ISBN 978-3-941126-66-4 .
  • Stories in passing. Prose, Verlag die brotsuppe, Biel 2020, ISBN 978-3-03867-026-1 .

Editing

  • Petrol , Heidelberg, born 1971–1973
  • And I'm still moving , Munich 1977

Translations

  • Aras Ören : The short dream from Kagithane , Berlin 1974 (adaptation of the translation by H. Achmed Schmiede )
  • Jim Burns : Fred Engels at Woolworth , Berlin 1977 (translated together with Rolf Eckart John)
  • Jim Burns: Life in Preston , Cologne 1973 (translated together with Rolf Eckart John)
  • Lu Xun : No place to write , Reinbek near Hamburg 1983 (translated together with Egbert Baqué )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Literary awards of the city of Bern since 1940 (PDF)
  2. ↑ Laudation at the award ceremony on February 15, 2007
  3. ^ Jürgen Theobaldy: Inventory of his archive in the Swiss Literary Archives, rubric prices
  4. ↑ Tagblatt, February 26, 2014

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personal data
SURNAME Theobaldy, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg