Gottfried Hasenkamp

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Gottfried Hasenkamp (pseudonym: Gottfried Johannes Gerhart ; born March 12, 1902 in Bremen ; † September 2, 1990 in Münster , Westphalia ) was a German writer .

Life

From 1920 Gottfried Hasenkamp studied German , art history and philosophy at the universities of Münster , Tübingen and Bonn . In 1923 he earned his doctorate in philosophy with a thesis on Friedrich Hölderlin . From 1924 Hasenkamp worked as an editor at the Münster Aschendorff Verlag and was part of the editorial team of the Münster Anzeiger . During the Third Reich , he was temporarily relieved of his office by the National Socialist rulers because of his decidedly Christian attitude . Hasenkamp took from 1939 to 1945 as a soldier of the Wehrmacht at the World War II in part. After the end of the war in 1946 he was one of the founders of the Westfälische Nachrichten , whose publishing house he was head of.

Gottfried Hasenkamp was the author of poems and spiritual dramas . His work is shaped by the author's Catholic faith, who in his poetry cultivated a preference for traditional forms such as hymns and odes . In literary terms he was heavily influenced by Friedrich Hölderlin and the religious poetry of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff .

Gottfried Hasenkamp was chairman of the Droste Society for more than two decades . In 1971 he was made a knight of the Order of Gregory , in 1975 he received the Paulus plaque from the diocese of Münster .

Works

  • Hölderlin's view of the poet's profession , Münster 1923
  • The maid , Frankfurt a. M. 1923 (under the name Gottfried Johannes Gerhart)
  • Hymns , Frankfurt-M. 1924
  • Sponsa Christi , Frankfurt a. M. 1924
  • Winter solstice , Frankfurt a. M. 1924
  • Religion and Culture , Münster iW 1926
  • Virtue exercises for the month of May , Dülmen i. Westf. 1927
  • Salzburg Elegy , Salzburg 1931
  • The King's Chair of Aachen and other poems , Munich 1932
  • The sea , Salzburg [u. a.] 1938
  • The burning light , Münster, Westf. 1946
  • Carmina in nocte , Cologne 1946
  • Memory of all those who fell, Münster 1946
  • Homecoming and going home of the cardinal , Münster, Westf. 1946
  • In memoriam Clemens August Cardinal von Galen, Adolf Donders , Warendorf / Westf. 1946
  • Münster Cathedral Building Game , Münster / Westf. 1947
  • How this ring is completely in itself , Freiburg i. Br. 1947
  • Between End Times and Altar , Münster, Westf. 1947
  • The dead offering , Warendorf / Westf. 1948
  • A trip to Rome in the Holy Year , Münster / Westf. 1950
  • The bridal cup , Nuremberg 1952
  • The morning gate , Graz 1956
  • The Cardinal , Münster iW 1957
  • An eternal is recognized at the grave , Münster 1966
  • The youth we find do not age , Münster / Westf. 1967
  • Your day is coming , Münster 1988

Editing

  • Bishop Joseph Höffner , Münster / Westf. 1962
  • Bishop Heinrich Tenhumberg , Münster / Westf. 1969
  • Committed to the word , Münster 1970

Translations

  • The Antichrist's Game , Münster 1932

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personal data
SURNAME Hasenkamp, ​​Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerhart, Gottfried Johannes (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 1990
Place of death Munster , Westphalia