Freddy Derwahl

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Freddy Derwahl (born November 16, 1946 in Eupen ) is a Belgian writer and journalist from the German-speaking community of Belgium .

Life

After graduating from the College Patronné in his hometown, Derwahl studied literature, sociology and journalism at the Universities of Leuven , Aachen and Paris . After his studies he became a journalist and Belgium correspondent for the Aachener Volkszeitung .

After a few years of political activity, he became attaché for Ostbelgien questions in Brussels in 1972 in the cabinet of Minister of Culture Charles Hanin . In 1975 Freddy Derwahl came to the Belgian Radio and Television (BHF) , where he became head of the culture department in 1986. A sabbatical year followed in the American Trappist Abbey of Genesee .

He wrote poems and travel stories for various newspapers, including the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Zeit . In a review of Eine Reise durch Ostbelgien, Die Zeit wrote : “Derwahl writes of the arduous search for fulfillment, the adventure of loneliness, of greed for life and the burden of lust”.

Derwahl has been a freelance writer since 2007. In 2008, a private study visit at the Lateran University in Rome followed . Freddy Derwahl is a member of the international association of authors PEN

Awards

Works (selection)

  • Departure. Poems. Self-published, Eupen 1964.
  • The foxes attack Eupen Edition Doepgen, St. Vith (1979); Second edition GEV, Eupen (1995) ISBN 978-90-5433-069-1 .
  • 3 books about Mount Athos in Greece:
    • The night of the virgin.
    • The Athos journey.
    • Athos - touching the sacred.
  • The midday demon. a novel sponsored by Heinrich Böll, Chalom Ben-Chorin and Reiner Kunze. Styria Verlag, Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1987, ISBN 978-3-22211-701-5 .
  • Little Sim - The Liège Years by Georges Simenon. GEV Verlag, Eupen 1993, ISBN 978-9-054-33014-1 .
  • Hermits. Pattloch Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-62900-833-6 , second edition Butzon & Bercker 2016. (Translation in Dutch, by Lanoo-Verlag, Tielt.)
    • Plus two documentaries by Tellux production for ARTE, BR, BRF and ORF.
  • Aachen. Illustrated book. Greven-Verlag, Cologne. (Translations in French, Dutch, Japanese.)
  • The murder in the Brussels court. Novel. GEV Verlag, Eupen 2002, ISBN 978-9-054-33157-5 .
  • John XXIII , Pattloch Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-62902-100-7 . ("Christian Book of the Month", April 2004)
  • The one with the bike and the one with the Alfa. Double portrait of Pope Benedict XVI. and Hans Küng . Pattloch Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-629-02137-9 .
  • Bosch in Belgium. Novel. GEV Verlag, Eupen 2006, ISBN 978-90-5433-213-8 .
  • Anselm Green . Biography. Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach 2009, ISBN 978-3-89680-432-7 .
  • flemish autumn. Udo Degener Verlag, Potsdam 2010, ISBN 978-3-940531-10-0 .
  • The fleeing woman. Novel. Leykam, Graz 2013, ISBN 978-3-7011-7792-9 .
  • The last monk of Tibhirine. ( Notre-Dame de l'Atlas Monastery ). adeo-Verlag, Aßlar 2013, ISBN 978-3-94220-869-7 . (Translations in France, Holland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Argentina and the USA.)
  • A journey through East Belgium. With the photographer David Hagemann. GEV Verlag, Eupen 2013, ISBN 978-3-86712-066-1 .
  • when the crescent moon laughs. Poems. Udo Degener Verlag, Potsdam 2015, ISBN 978-3-95497-701-7 .
  • Nonna dies - The story of a turning point in life 3954414724 Roman, Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2016, ISBN 978-3-45134-993-5 .
  • The Naked God - Day and Night Books on the Gospel of Mark , Verlag Neue Stadt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7346-1140-7
  • On the marketplace: Memories of life , KBV Verlags- und Mediengesellschaft, Hillesheim 2019, ISBN 978-3-95441-472-7 .
  • the angel of brussels , Udo Degener Verlag, Potsdam, 2020, ISBN 978-3-95497-963-9

literature

  • Wilhelm Kosch : Entry in German Literature Lexicon. The 20th Century , Volume 6 Sp. De Gruyter Verlag, Berlin.
  • Chris Delchambre: De Middagsdemon. Licensed work, Flemish Catholic University of Antwerp, 1984.
  • Eric Van Hoof: Memories and Identity in Freddy Derwahl's novel “Bosch in Belgium”. University of Antwerp, 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Müllender: News from in between. In: Die Zeit from April 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ Curriculum vitae on the website of GEV Verlag
personal data
SURNAME Your choice, Freddy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Eupen , Belgium