Frederik Hetmann

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Frederik Hetmann (born February 17, 1934 in Breslau ; † June 1, 2006 in Limburg an der Lahn ; actually Hans-Christian Kirsch ) was a German writer who, in addition to time-critical books for young people and biographies, was primarily concerned with collecting and translating fairy tales, Myths and sagas dealt with.

Life

Hans-Christian Kirsch grew up in Lower Silesia and fled after the Second World War in 1945, first to Thuringia and finally to West Germany in 1949. After graduating from high school in Frankfurt am Main , he studied pedagogy, English, Romance studies, philosophy and political science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt , the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and in Madrid. From 1956 to 1960 he worked as a teacher at a commercial college in Wiesbaden . Over the years he made numerous trips that took him to many countries and continents.

From 1962 Frederik Hetmann worked as a freelance writer, including for the youth radio of the Südwestfunk . In 1972 he became editor and editor at Otto-Maier-Verlag , an activity that he gave up in 1978 in order to work again as a freelance writer, editor and translator. Hetmann was best known for his biographies for children and young people and for his fantasy novels such as B. Madru 1984. In 1993 he received a scholarship from the Villa Massimo of the German Academy in Rome.

Most recently he lived in Limburg with his wife Elinor. Hans-Christian Kirsch's estate has been in the Limburg City Archives since November 2009.

Hans-im-Glück Prize

In 1977, Kirsch and his wife founded the Hans-im-Glück Prize to promote young authors.

Works

Novels

Biographies

  • I have seven lives. The story of Ernesto Guevara , called Che . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1972, ISBN 3-407-80210-2 .
  • Rosa L: The history of Rosa Luxemburg and her time . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-596-22132-3 .
  • For example three women. The life story of Simone Weil, Isabel Burton and Karoline von Günderrode . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1980, ISBN 3-407-78783-9 .
  • Georg B. The story of the poet and revolutionary . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1981, ISBN 3-407-78722-7 (via Georg Büchner ).
  • Tilman Riemenschneider . A German fate . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-548-27518-4 .
  • Bettina and Achim. The story of a love . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1983, ISBN 3-407-80813-5 (about Bettina Brentano and Achim von Arnim).
  • Sleep my rose The life story of Elisabeth Langgässer . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1986, ISBN 3-407-80856-9 .
  • A candle that burns at both ends. The life of Rosa Luxemburg . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1988, ISBN 3-451-04641-5 .
  • So easily hurt our heart. The life story of Sylvia Plath . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1988, ISBN 3-407-80746-5 .
  • The painter and the child. Scenes from the life of Francisco Goya . Erika Klopp, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-7817-0847-0 .
  • To the end of the street. The life story of Jack Kerouac . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1989, ISBN 3-407-80689-2 .
  • This country is ours. Beat poets William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac . List, Munich / Leipzig 1993.
  • Siddharta's way. The story of the life and teaching of the Buddha . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1997, ISBN 3-451-04594-X .
  • Solidarity is the tenderness of peoples. The life story of Ernesto Che Guevara . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 1999, ISBN 3-407-80861-5 .
  • Old Shatterhand, that's me. The life story of Karl May . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2000, ISBN 3-407-80872-0 .
  • Live poets. A literary history in stories. From Grimmelshausen to Fontane . (Together with Ingrid Röbbelen and Harald Tondern ). Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2000.
  • Live poets. A literary history in stories. From Thomas Mann to Günter Grass . (With Ingrid Röbbelen and Harald Tondern). Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2001, ISBN 3-407-75505-8 .
  • Martin Buber. Biography of a German Jew . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2001, ISBN 3-451-04812-4 .
  • Elisabeth Langgässer. Literature and landscape Leinpfad Verlag , Ingelheim 2004, ISBN 3-937782-13-3 .
  • Stendhal or The Adventurous Life of Henri Beyle . Gollenstein, 2004.
  • Traveler with heavy luggage. Life and work of Walter Benjamin . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2004.
  • Blues ballads. American narrative pieces . Verlag Sankt Michaelsbund, 2006 (collection of short biographies of American blues musicians with accompanying CD by John Kirkbride ).
  • Buddha. Life and teaching . Hohe, Erftstadt 2007.

Books for children and young readers

  • Lorcan goes to war . 1975.
  • The red day. Report of the battle on the Little Bighorn River between the Sioux and Cheyennes and the US cavalry under General Armstrong Custer . Loewes-Verlag, Bayreuth 1975, last edition Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-499-20275-1 ( Friedrich-Gerstäcker-Preis 1976)
  • Dermot with the red hair . Arena, Würzburg 1985, ISBN 3-401-04061-8 .
  • The island that never existed . (Zs. With Leonardo Wild.) Bertelsmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-570-12394-4 .
  • The horse without a rider. An Indian story from today . (Zs. With Harald Tondern ) Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1997.
  • Green Island children . Unionsverlag, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-293-21030-9 .
  • One love in Nagasaki . (With Harald Tondern). Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1998, ISBN 3-473-35178-4 .
  • The night that never came to an end. At the hands of skins . (With Harald Tondern). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-499-20747-8 .
  • We are all strangers here . Arena, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-401-02707-7 .
  • Moses or The Invention of God . Arena, Wuerzburg 2005.
  • Zipangu or The Son of the Samurai . Arena, Wuerzburg 2006.
  • The vengeance of the ravens . Schroedel, 2004.

fairy tale

  • Sound of the cricket - sound of money . 1971.
  • Irish magic garden. The most beautiful fairy tales and stories from Ireland . Diederichs, 1979, ISBN 3-89631-432-7 .
  • The journey to the otherworld. Fairy tales and stories from Ireland . Publishing house Königsfurt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 1981, ISBN 3-89875-129-5 .
  • Behind the blackthorn hedge. Ireland's fairy tales and their storytellers . Königsfurt publishing house, 1986, ISBN 3-89875-128-7 .
  • Adam and Eve. Fairy tales, sermons and legends of black America . Don Bosco Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7698-1070-8 .
  • Indian tales from South America . (Zs. With Leonardo Wild). Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-596-13319-X .
  • Fairy tale from England . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-596-14036-6 .
  • How women made the world. Myths, fairy tales and legends . Unionsverlag, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-293-20199-7 .
  • Ox woman and wolf man. Fairy tales, myths and legends of the North American Indians . Publishing house Königsfurt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2001, ISBN 3-89875-008-6 .
  • The red rag under the butter churn. Fairy tales and legends from North America . Publishing house Königsfurt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2002, ISBN 3-89875-046-9 .
  • The man who ate an opossum. Fairy tales and legends of Black America . Publishing house Königsfurt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2002, ISBN 3-89875-047-7 .
  • The enchanted fig tree. Andalusian fairy tales . Publishing house Königsfurt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2002, ISBN 3-89875-033-7 .
  • The green bird. Fairy tales, myths and legends of the Indians of Central America . Publishing house Königsfurt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2002, ISBN 3-89875-034-5 .
  • The thorn bush in Donegal. Irish fairy tale . Publishing house Königsfurt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2002, ISBN 3-89875-032-9 .
  • Where King Arthur sleeps. Celtic fairy tales . Publishing house Königsfurt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2002, ISBN 3-89875-031-0 .
  • The boy who caught the sun. Fairy tale of the North American Indians . Königsfurt publishing house, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2003, ISBN 3-89875-084-1 .
  • The forbidden source. Fairy tale . Königsfurt publishing house, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2003, ISBN 3-89875-057-4 .
  • The great book of the Indians . Publishing house Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch near Kiel 2013, ISBN 978-3-86826-030-4 .
  • Scottish fairy tales . Publishing house Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2012, ISBN 978-3-86826-031-1 .
  • Indian fairy tale . Publishing house Königsfurt-Urania, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2007, ISBN 978-3-89875-192-6 .

Non-fiction

  • The Spanish Civil War in eyewitness accounts . (as ed.). Karl Rauch Verlag, 1967, ISBN 3-7920-0312-0 .
  • Rebels in Dublin. Legend and Reality of the Irish Easter Rising in 1916 . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, 1981, ISBN 9783810510235 .
  • Goodbye to America. All over the USA Rowohlt, Reinbek 1991, ISBN 3-499-20592-0 .
  • The joys of fantasy. From Tolkien to the end . Ullstein, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-548-36506-X .
  • Route 66. On the road of dreams from Chicago to LA Goldmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-442-12770-X .
  • The earth is our mother. Native American Spirituality and Religion . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, ISBN 3-451-04636-9 .
  • Beyond travel. Rituals and myths of American shamans, healers and magicians . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, ISBN 3-451-04717-9 .
  • Indians (with illustrations by Ursel Maiorana). Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 1999, ISBN 3-473-35871-1 .
  • Fairy tales and fairy tale interpretation. An introduction . Königs Furt publishing house, Krummwisch bei Kiel 1999, ISBN 3-89875-173-2 .
  • The Indian lexicon. The world of the first Americans from A-Z . Publishing house Königs Furt, Krummwisch bei Kiel 2001, ISBN 3-89875-010-8 .

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Valuable component: Limburg City Archives receive the Kirsch estate. ( Memento of June 11, 2010 in the web archive archive.today ) at: hr-online , November 30, 2009. Accessed on September 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ German Fantasy Prize . EDFC eV website. Accessed September 9, 2010.

literature

  • Herbert Schwarz (ed.): The writer Frederik Hetmann. 83 Title references with annotations. Schwarz, Kronach 1993.
  • Henner Grube: Hans-Christian Kirsch. A bibliography of independent publications up to July 1998. Self-published 2001.
  • Johannes Fiebig (Ed.): From someone who set out to learn to fear. Frederik Hetmann / Hans-Christian Kirsch: Collecting, telling, interpreting fairy tales. Festschrift for the 70th birthday. Königs Furt Verlag, Krummwisch near Kiel 2004.
  • Marta Ratajczak: Facets of Authorship. Hans-Christian Kirsch between fantasy and biography. Dissertation, Justus Liebig University, Giessen 2008 (online) .

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personal data
SURNAME Hetmann, Frederik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirsch, Hans-Christian (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2006
Place of death Limburg