Friedrich Wilhelm Hymmen

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Friedrich Wilhelm Hymmen (born June 8, 1913 in Soest ; † March 25, 1995 in Würzburg ) was a German writer and editor. In 1951 he set up the foundation for the radio play award of the war blind , which later became the most important award for authors of German-language radio plays .

Life

Hymmen was the son of a Protestant theologian and grew up in Münster , where he passed his Abitur in 1932 at the Schiller High School. He studied German and history in Münster and Berlin and also graduated from the Reich Press School in Berlin. The military service, for which he was called up in 1939, he had to break off in 1942 because of an eye injury and then worked as a freelance writer. After 1945 he was also the press officer of the Association of the Blind of War and in 1951 established the foundation of the Radio Play Prize for the Blind of War , which later became the most important award for authors of German-language radio plays . From 1949 he worked as a freelancer for the Church and Radio Information Service at the Evangelical Press Service, from 1958 to 1978 as editor-in-chief, where he worked first in Bielefeld until 1968 and later in Frankfurt am Main.

Fonts

  • 26 houses. Novella . L. Schmidt & Spring 1935.
  • The bunglers. Novella . 1935.
  • The vassal. Tragedy . Langen-Müller, Berlin 1936.
  • Between crooked walls . Langen-Müller, Berlin 1936.
  • Tramp with paint box. Adventurous journey through Italy . Hanns-Jörg Fischer, Berlin 1937.
  • Concrete. Drama in 3 acts . Langen-Müller, Berlin 1938.
  • The Petersburg coronation. Tragedy in 3 acts . Langen-Müller, Berlin 1941.
  • Letters to a mourner. The meaning of the soldier's death . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1942.
  • The seven most beautiful. Dance game . Premiere Prague 1944.
  • The lese majesty. Novella . 1949.
  • The cable. Facts and illusions . House d. Evang. Journalism, Frankfurt / Main 1975.
  • Church and New Media . 1981.
As editor
  • War Blind Yearbook . 1951-1961.
  • We War Blind and Our Community, 1916-1956 . Association of War Blind Germany eV, Bonn 1956.
  • Our electoral welfare 1920-1960. 40 years of spa and recreational care of the Bund der Kriegsblinden Deutschlands eV Bund der Kriegsblinden Deutschlands eV, Bonn 1960.

Awards

  • 1942: Hermann Löns Literature Prize
  • 1943: Dietrich Eckart Prize of the City of Hamburg
  • 1978: Gold Medal of Honor
  • 1979: Adolf Grimme Prize
  • 1979: Hans Bredow Medal of the SFB
  • 1988: Cup of honor of the Union of the War Blind

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personal data
SURNAME Hymms, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Soest
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1995
Place of death Wurzburg