Dietrich Wachler
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
Web links
- Literature by and about Dietrich Wachler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dietrich Wachler in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Dietrich Wachler in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Dietrich Wachler at Open Library
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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 |