Group 84. Bonn Literature Association

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Group 84. Bonner Literaturverein e. V. was a Bonn association of authors that was formed around the literary magazine Bonnmot . His activities, along with those of the city's other literary associations, shaped the Bonn literary scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Emergence

The group 84. Bonner Literaturverein e. V. was founded in 1984 in the context of the German Studies Department of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn by Hans Altmeyer, David Boventer , Heike Friauf, Johann-Christian Gleisberg , Bettina Knief, Markus Rettich and Kerstin Wenzel. The entry in the register of associations at the Bonn District Court was made on March 28, 1985 under the number VR 5134. The name of the association should ironically allude to Group 47 , but beyond that, no explicit conceptual parallels to the historical model were formulated.

Most recently , the chairman of the board was Udo Weinbörner , the deputy chairman and treasurer was Waltraud Post, and the secretary was Andreas Fieberg.

Goal setting

According to its own account, the association's concern was to promote German literature, especially those who “are only just beginning to produce literature and are dependent on active support”. The group therefore naturally turned primarily to non-established, non-professional authors.

Publications of the association

The first purpose of the association was to publish the literary magazine bonnmot ( proper spelling : bon n mot ), of which a total of five issues appeared in the course of its existence (the last as a double issue). Quotation from the preface to the first edition: “bonnmot contains articles that want to convey thoughts and feelings through or in the form of literature. bonnmot should be read with care and understanding. Bonnmot causes difficulties. bonnmot essentially contains pieces by amateurs. (...) Bonnmot wants to move. bonnmot is not in line with the times. (...) Group 84 is not up-to-date, not established and is out of line. The group 84 then imagines something. Group 84 is conceited. (…) Group 84 asks you to read bonnmot in peace and to enter into an inner dialogue with the writers. That is the point. "

The line-up of the editorial team changed several times. From 1985/1986 Hans Altmeyer, Johann-Christian Gleisberg and Markus Rettich were left of the founding members, while Andreas Fieberg, Michael Grote, Martin Heiermann and Hans Reichert were added. After the majority of the members left the editorial team from 1987 onwards, the editorial team consisted of Andreas Fieberg, Birgit Metzler and Irmtraut Petersson .

In addition to bonnmot , there was a series of bonnmot reading books that comprised four numbers, one of which was entitled Bonn literary. Stories and poems of Gruppe 84 , an anthology with 27 Bonn authors.

Other club activities

The association appeared in public with numerous readings between 1986 and 1988; almost 30 appearances were recorded for the period mentioned. The outstanding event was the event NRW - Nordrheinische Words , which took place on April 26, 1986 in what was then the Bonn Center on Bundeskanzlerplatz with the participation of prominent guests such as Josef Reding , Jörg Bong , Ernst-Edmund Keil , Michael Starcke , Ludwig Verbeek and Volkmar Zühlsdorff .

For authors who were not involved in the publications or the events, there were regular open meetings at which texts were presented and discussed.

At the beginning of the 1990s, the association stopped its activities.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Career of David Boventer (Rhein-Erft SPD)
  2. ^ Database of the common register portal of the federal states
  3. ↑ Bonnmot in the ZDB
  4. ^ Spiegel der Bonner Literaturszene , HD Terschüren, Bonner Rundschau, December 19, 1987
  5. ↑ Something is still going on. Cabaret program accompanied by a presentation by bonnmot 5, Hildegund Große, Bonner Rundschau, May 28, 1988
  6. ↑ Reading Book 1: Goethe ade by Udo Weinbörner; Reader 2: Bonn literary , ed. by Udo Weinbörner, Christian Gleisberg and Waltraud Post; Reading booklet 3: A smile should succeed by Kurt Bertrams; Booklet 4: Vernissage by Ernst-Edmund Keil
  7. ↑ bonnmot Reading Book 2, Bouvier Verlag, Bonn 1986, ISBN 3-416-02007-3
  8. ↑ Full-bodied on the state of literature. Gruppe 84 and Bonner Literaturverein have published a reader , Bonner Rundschau , January 27, 1987
  9. ^ Bonn literary. About the book and the controversy that has flared up , in: BLitZ - Bonner literary newspaper , No. 1, April 1987
  10. ↑ Michael Engel on Bonn literary , Ulcus Molle Info 1 / 3-1987, p. 49f.
  11. ^ Neue Bonner Literaturvereinigung organizes readings by authors, Bonner Rundschau, January 25, 1986
  12. ↑ The quality of the unknown. Bonner Literaturverein Group 84: First reading, first magazine, Martin Nolte, Bonner Rundschau, January 29, 1986
  13. ↑ Frog King and Multi-Media Show. First author reading of the literary magazine Bon (n) mot in the university, Martin Nolte, Bonner Rundschau, 1./2. February 1986
  14. ^ Young Bonn Authors. Reading by the literary association in the university, Bonner Rundschau, February 4, 1986
  15. ↑ The authors cannot be paid fees. The new Bonn Literature Association particularly wants to promote the next generation, Siegfried Schmidt, Bonner Rundschau, February 14, 1986
  16. ↑ Poetry festival and poster campaign. The young Bonn Literature Association would like to gain its own profile, Siegfried Schmidt, Bonner Rundschau, August 29, 1986
  17. ^ Poems from distant lands. Lyric Festival of the Bonner Literaturverein with obstacles, Babette Klais, Bonner Rundschau, September 6, 1986
  18. ↑ Sweet poison that works wordlessly. Poetry Festival in Bonn University, Karla Sponar, General-Anzeiger Bonn, 6./7. September 1986
  19. ↑ Group 84 offered poetry and prose in the Hardtberg cultural center, General-Anzeiger Bonn , October 18, 1986
  20. ↑ Between literary claims and reality. Four authors from Group 84 read at the Hardtberg Cultural Center, Bonner Rundschau, October 18, 1986
  21. ↑ From the gazebo. Ambivalent reading by the Bonner Literaturverein, Kai Ritzmann, Bonner Rundschau, December 6, 1986
  22. ↑ Encounters of the third kind in the courtyard garden. Members of the Bonn Literature Association read from Behrendt, General-Anzeiger Bonn, December 1986
  23. ↑ Many good intentions. Reading by the Bonner Literaturverein in the university, Bonner Rundschau, February 4, 1987
  24. ↑ Literaturverein invites you to readings. Events in the Behrendt bookstore, Bonner Werbungblatt, February 4, 1987
  25. ↑ Courtship refrigerator. Markus Rettich and Bernhard Lassahn read at Behrendt, Bonner Rundschau, February 13, 1987
  26. ↑ On the impatience of words. Poetry evening in the Behrendt bookstore, Evamaria Kaufhold, General-Anzeiger Bonn, March 12, 1987
  27. ↑ Literary Privatissimum. Author reading in the bookstore Behrendt, Hildegund Große, General-Anzeiger Bonn, May 8, 1987
  28. ↑ The sirens beckoned. Authors from Bonn read in the bookstore Behrendt, Hildegund Große, General-Anzeiger Bonn, June 25, 1987
  29. ↑ Harvest time and disruptions, reading on May 15, 1987 on the subject of people, nature and the environment in the BUND's Eco-Center
  30. ↑ Poetry à la carte. Matinee of the Literature Association in the Café Pauke, Evamaria Kaufhold, General-Anzeiger Bonn, August 5, 1987
  31. ↑ Survived the tortuous speech. Reading by three members of the Bonner Literaturverein in der Pauke, Brigitte Lausch, Bonner Rundschau, August 5, 1987
  32. ↑ Politics cast a shadow over the new literature. Readings with music in the Kultur-Café Pauke, Bonner Rundschau, August 18, 1987
  33. ↑ Music combined with poetry. Promising opening event of a series in Mehlemschen Haus, Almut Lüder, Bonner Rundschau, October 2, 1987
  34. ↑ Heaven and Hell. Authors of the Bonner Literaturverein read Fantastik and Science Fiction, with space music by Jochen Wagner, Stadtbücherei Bonn, October 13, 1987
  35. ↑ Integrated into a cosmic whole. Barbara Bock-Grabow read in the Mehlemsches Haus, Bonner Rundschau, October 16, 1987
  36. ↑ Scenes from everyday life. Four Bonn authors at Behrendt, Sigrid Lotz, General-Anzeiger Bonn, October 30, 1987
  37. ↑ On the bird's transience. About the meaning of life: Siegfried Schwartmann read in Mehlemschen Haus, Hildegund Große, Bonner Rundschau, November 14, 1987
  38. ↑ Aesthetics of the Ugly. Reading by M. Engels, Bonner Rundschau, December 12, 1987
  39. ↑ Sensual and contemplative. Reading by the Bonner Literaturverein at Behrendt, Evamaria Kaufhold, General-Anzeiger Bonn, December 17, 1987
  40. ↑ Words taken at their word. Three authors introduced themselves in the Behrendt bookstore, Hildegunde Große, Bonner Rundschau, December 17, 1987
  41. ↑ reading in Mehlem's house, the city of Bonn, on May 4, 1987
  42. ↑ Bonnmot comes in a new guise, Bonner Rundschau, May 16, 1988
  43. ↑ Now it is satirically serious, Bonner advertising paper, 11./12. May 1988
  44. ↑ Neither fish nor meat. Literature market: Bonn writing workshops introduce themselves, General-Anzeiger, October 22, 1988
  45. ↑ Eight hours of literature non-stop , in: Bonner Rundschau, April 23, 1986
  46. ↑ Many barrages of words. First supraregional authors' meeting of the Bonner Literaturverein , in: Bonner Rundschau, April 28, 1986
  47. ^ North Rhine-Westphalian Words, 1st Bonner Landestreffen der Authors, in: AKUT - Nachrichtenblatt der Bonner Studentinnen und Studenten, No. 216, June 1986