Gerhard Kukofka
Gerhard Kukofka (Kuckoff, pseudonym: Brother Hilarius) (born December 16, 1917 in Beuthen , Upper Silesia , † November 5, 1970 in Gießen ) was an Upper Silesian writer, local poet and editor .
biography
Gerhard Kukofka had to leave his homeland as a result of the expulsion of the Germans from Silesia in 1945 and lived in Regensburg until his death , where he worked as a freelance journalist, writer and editor.
Fonts
- as brother Hilarus: bold and godly. Glosses and reflections . Friedrich Pustet KG , Regensburg 1965.
- Happy time in Silesia. Stories and poems. Heimatwerk publishing house, 1966.
- One life - poems and prose about the lost homeland. Oberschlesischer Heimatverlag, Augsburg 1971.
- Translations
- with Wilhelm Friese : Peter Schindler : The last things . Friedrich Pustet KG, Regensburg 1960.
- with Victor Waschnitius: Peter Schindler: Old Truth Relived . Catholicism in our time . Friedrich Pustet KG, Regensburg 1960.
literature
- Bernhard M. Baron , Gerhard Kukofka. An Oberschlesier in Regensburg , In: Eichendorff Hefte / Zeszyty Eichendorffa. History - Culture - Literature No. 59 (2017), ed. from the Upper Silesian Eichendorff culture and meeting center in Lubowitz in the series “ Editio Silesia ”; Lubowitz / Lubowice (Poland / Polska), ISSN 1730-4873 , pp. 4-13.
Web links
- Gerhard Kukofka in : Literature Portal Bavaria .
- Literature by and about Gerhard Kukofka in the catalog of the German National Library .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kukofka, Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuckoff, Gerhard; Brother hilarus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Upper Silesian writer, local poet and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beuthen , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1970 |
| Place of death | to water |