Günther Schiwy

Günther Schiwy (born November 29, 1932 in Lehrte near Hanover ; † September 5, 2008 in Herrsching am Ammersee ) was a German writer and editor .

life and work

Günther Schiwy studied philosophy, theology, sociology and literature in Munich, Frankfurt and Paris. He did his doctorate with a structural analysis on texts by Hans Küng and the Roman Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. From 1952 to 1970 Günther Schiwy belonged to the Jesuit order . "The gradual withdrawal of the achievements of the Second Vatican Council motivated Günther Schiwy in 1970 to be freed from religious vows and returned to the status of laypeople, convinced that they could serve the truth so unhindered and unreservedly."

From 1970 to 1995 he worked as a publishing editor, initially for the Bavarian school book publisher and then for twenty years for the CH Beck publishing house in Munich. As a freelance writer, he has published various biographical works that shed light on the conflict between Christianity and the current trends. Among other things, he has important publications on Teilhard de Chardin - for example the two-volume Teilhard biography: “Teilhard de Chardin. His life and his time ”from 1981 - published, whose worldview he also firmly represented in working groups, at conferences and congresses. Schiwy also wrote about French structuralism (1969 and 1985), about the late medieval mystic Birgitta of Sweden (2003) and about Rilke and religion (2006). For his Eichendorff biography (2007) Schiwy received the Eichendorff Literature Prize posthumously on September 28, 2008 and the Eichendorff Medal of the Eichendorff Society on October 2, 2008 .

Fonts (selection)

French structuralism. Fashion, method, ideology , Reinbek b. Hamburg: Rowohlt 1969.
Post-structuralism and "New Philosophers" , revised new edition, Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt 1985, ISBN 3-499-55413-5 .
Farewell to Almighty God , Munich: Kösel 1995, ISBN 3-466-20396-1 .
Eichendorff. The poet in his time , Munich: CH Beck 2000, ISBN 3-406-46673-7 .
Birgitta of Sweden: mystic and visionary of the late Middle Ages. A biography , Munich: CH Beck 2003, ISBN 3-406-50487-6 .
Rilke and religion , Frankfurt am Main / Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 2006, ISBN 978-3-458-17331-1 .

Web links

Footnotes

^ "On the Ideology of the Infallibility Discussion", Patmos 1977
↑ Ursula Regener: Awarding of the Eichendorff Medal to Dr. Günther Schiwy - laudation. Eichendorff-Gesellschaft , October 2, 2008, accessed January 18, 2014 .
↑ for example at AGEMUS

personal data
SURNAME	Schiwy, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer and editor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 29, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Taught at Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	September 5, 2008
Place of death	Herrsching am Ammersee

[1] "On the Ideology of the Infallibility Discussion", Patmos 1977

[2] Ursula Regener: Awarding of the Eichendorff Medal to Dr. Günther Schiwy - laudation. Eichendorff-Gesellschaft , October 2, 2008, accessed January 18, 2014 .

[3] r example at AGEMUS