Hildemar David Pfannek at the well

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Hildemar David Pfannek am Brunnen (born March 29, 1954 in Selau) is a German- Jewish writer , translator , illustrator and collector of legends.

Life

Hildemar David Pfannek am Brunnen grew up on her parents' vineyard near Naumburg an der Saale, was not allowed to take his Abitur examination for political reasons and was imprisoned for refusing to do military service. After serving his sentence, he emigrated to Germany. He returned to his parents' property after reunification. For some time he lived near London and Bautzen, currently in Naumburg.

Quote

"Anyone who likes the legends of Martin Buber will not be able to put their grandson's collection down until all the rooms of the heart are flooded with the light of a newly found hope."

Poetology

Pfannek describes the lost world of the Eastern Jews and, in the same sensitive way, events in the present. An impressive experience was the shooting of a Soviet deserter on parental property, which he accidentally observed as a child. He later described it in his prose.

Works

Poetry

  • Poetry of a secretive youth, 1988 / extended edition 2004
  • A Little Valley of Peace, 1998, revised 2005 edition
  • Transitional period, 1991 (with other authors)
  • Silberdisteln, poetry, 2004
  • Russian funeral songs, poetry, 2004
  • In burning love, poetry, 2004
  • Angels on meadows with no wind, poetry, 2005
  • The water carrier, poetry, 2005
  • Orchids in the Blue Seal, Lyrik, 2006

prose

  • Scharte, story, 1992
  • The deserter, 1996
  • The Lost Answer, 1996
  • Das Habakuk-Kästel, 1997/99 (German-Polish, translation into Polish: Herbert Ulrich)
  • The Entmutation of the Soul, cycle of novels, 2004
  • The Gift Brother, Stories, 2005, 2nd revised edition 2008
  • The Piano Hopper, Stories and a Stage Play, 2006
  • The Seer of Lublin, Legend Collection, 2007
  • Still against the wind, 2009
  • The controversial diary, 2010
  • Where the Keys Lead, 2013

Prices

  • Grant from the Hermann Sudermann Foundation

Web links

Bibliography Poland 1 Bibliography Poland 2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ from the short biography in "Transitional Period"
  2. ↑ Quote from the blurb "The Seer of Lublin"
  3. ↑ The deserter
  4. ↑ Fronda, literary journal, p. 126 ff
  5. ↑ About the "Habakuk Kästel"
  6. ↑ Review of "Where the Keys Lead" and information about the author
  7. ↑ Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015, vol. 69, p. 786 f., Berlin: De Gruyter, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Pfannek am Brunnen, Hildemar David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Jewish writer, translator, illustrator and collector of legends
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Selau