Hajo Knebel
Hajo Knebel (born July 19, 1929 in Bunzlau (Lower Silesia), † January 28, 2006 in Simmern / Hunsrück ) was a German writer .
Life
He grew up in Martinwaldau ( Szczytnica ) and attended teacher training colleges in Heidanger / Oberlausitz, Obernigk and Belau ( Biała Nyska ?), But was then drafted into military service and was taken prisoner. After his release to the Eifel, he attended the Berg-Nassau Pedagogy 1946–1947 and the Bad Neuenahr Pedagogical Academy from 1947–1949 , where in 1949 he passed his first teacher examination. From 1949 on he worked as a teacher, first in the Heyweiler elementary school , then later at the secondary school in Simmern / Hunsrück , where he worked until his retirement in 1989.
From 1956 to 1989 he was a board member and 1st chairman of the Association of German Writers in Rhineland-Palatinate, the Association of German Writers (VS) Rhineland-Palatinate and the Support Group of German Writers (FöK) Rhineland-Palatinate, and for many years the editor of the journal Glaube and home .
In addition to his own books, he was also the editor and co-author of various works, published texts and poems in anthologies and wrote radio plays and television films for Südwestfunk .
Awards
- 1952 Narrator Prize from the magazine Jugend am Rhein
- 1962 Frankfurt Narrator Prize
- 1963 Prize of the Rhineland-Palatinate Art Prize for Literature
- 1971 Prize for Literature from the Silesian Culture Prize, awarded by the State of Lower Saxony
- 1979 Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1979 Cologne Poetry Prize for his poem Nostalgie
- 1988 Rhineland thaler from the Rhineland Regional Association for services to the arts and culture of the Rhineland
- 1988 Badge of Honor and Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- 1989 Grand European Prize for Literature “La Musa dell Art” in Modena
Fonts
Monographs
- Born 1929 , Bergstadtverlag Korn (1962)
- Martinswaldau. A Silesian Chronicle , Bergstadtverlag Korn (1969)
- Typically Silesian , Flechsig Verlag (1979)
- Typically Palatinate , Flechsig Verlag (1979)
- Breslau in old picture postcards , Weidlich Verlag
- Upper Silesia in old postcards , Weidlich Verlag
- Lower Silesia in old postcards , Weidlich Verlag
- Silesia in old postcards , Weidlich Verlag
- The Palatinate ... the way it laughs , Flechsig Verlag
- Schinderhannes in Simmern , Verbandsgemeinde Simmern, 1977
- in collaboration with the Hunsrück Club: Morbach: ein Heimatbuch , Herrstein, 1980
Editing
- with Susanne Faschon , Berthold Roland and Werner Hanfgarn : Literature from Rhineland-Palatinate: an anthology. Part 3 dialect. Mainz: Schmidt, 1986 ISBN 3-87439-122-1
literature
- In terms of literature: contributions from Rhineland-Palatinate; Hajo Knebel in honor of ed. from the support group and association of German writers (VS), Mainz: Schmidt, 1979, ISBN 3-87439-067-5
- Carl Heinz Kurz : Poet Pictures . Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Das Viergespann 1977. Contains a chapter on Hajo Knebel
Web links
- Literature by and about Hajo Knebel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography ( literature dictionary Rhineland-Palatinate )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gag, Hajo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bunzlau , Lower Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2006 |
| Place of death | Simmern / Hunsrück |