Dietrich Wachler

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Dietrich Wachler (born March 28, 1934 in Weimar ; † May 2, 2004 in Wiesbaden ) was a German writer, librarian and critic.

Dietrich Wachler grew up in Weimar and Bremen , studied English , German , pedagogy and sociology in Kiel and Münster , worked as a teacher and received his doctorate in sociology in 1971 at the University of Münster on the extended weekend in its effects on family and household . He then completed an apprenticeship for academic library services in Cologne until 1973 and worked as the library manager at the Münster University of Applied Sciences until his retirement in 1994 . He published numerous literary and sociological articles, literary reviews, poems, prose texts and essays.

Works

  • Tide. Poems 1951–1963 . 1965.
  • The thirteenth tablet . Science fiction novel, Heyne, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-453-31047-0 .
  • Väinämöinen's return. A fantastic Sibelius novel, CIS-Verl., Altenberge / Soest 1986, ISBN 3-88733-070-6 .
  • End of the world, world transition. Essays, as editor zs. with Linus Hauser , 1989.
  • Molecular. Stories and short prose, Telos-Verl., Altenberge 1990, ISBN 3-89375-022-3 .
  • The golden cage . Roman, Oros-Verl., Altenberge 1995, ISBN 3-89375-115-7 .
  • Falling cadence. Poems as snapshots . Oros-Verl., Altenberge 1996, ISBN 3-89375-135-1 .
  • The reality of the phantom. Essays and reviews on fantastic literature, Lit, Münster 1997, ISBN 3-8258-3184-1 .

literature

  • Joachim Böger: Dietrich Wachler: Väinämöinen's return. A fantastic Sibelius novel . In: Yearbook for Finnish-German Literature Relations 21, Helsinki 1989, pp. 241–244.
  • Linus Hauser : The 'New Man' - a 'Termite State of Resourceful Animals'? About the insect image as a metaphor of the threat to meaning in the highly technical world using the example of the novels by Frank Herbert and Dietrich Wachler . In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 1990 , Munich 1990, pp. 495–509.
  • Linus Hauser: Dietrich Wachler (March 28, 1934 - May 2, 2004) , in: Das Science Fiction Jahr 2005 (Ed. Mamczak, S. / Jeschke, W.), Munich 2005, pp. 420–422.
  • Gerd Maximovic : Dietrich Wachler , in: Gerd Maximovic: From the memories of a teacher , 2013, pp. 179–189. ISBN 978-3-86386-403-3

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personal data
SURNAME Wachler, Dietrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, librarian and critic
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 2004
Place of death Wiesbaden