Hans Adolf Halbey

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Hans Adolf Halbey (born August 19, 1922 in St. Wendel / Saar; † May 8, 2003 in Mainz ) was a doctor of German studies, German poet and poet, museum director and author of children's books.

After a study of the history of art , the history and the book buyer at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 1947-1955 doctorate Halbey 1955 Dr. phil. After a brief activity as marketing manager at a type foundry , he was director of the Klingspor Museum in Offenbach am Main , a museum for modern book and script art, from 1957 to 1977 . At the same time he taught at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main from 1971 to 1990 , where he was appointed honorary professor in 1978 .

Hans Adolf Halbey became prominent through his own children's books and those translated from foreign languages, through the scientific treatment of such books as a separate genre, and through publications on book studies.

Works (selection)

  • Grapefruit salad. 13 verses for children. Weinheim: 1965, Frankfurt am Main, Vienna, Zurich: 1966
  • Little Redhead. Weinheim: 1967 (French edition Paris 1967).
  • A dancer wants to 'dance on the rope / the tightrope for a while'. 18 poems . Aarau and Frankfurt am Main: 1976.
  • (as ed.) Scriptura: Masterpieces of the art of writing and typography . Dortmund: Harenberg-Ed., 1990. ISBN 3-88379-599-2
  • Writing, printing, and books in the Gutenberg Museum: from the holdings of the Gutenberg Museum and the city library . Mainz am Rhein: von Zabern, 1992. ISBN 3-8053-0883-3
  • Schmurgelstein so drunk with heart: Verses and poems for nonsense friends from 9–99 . Munich et al: Hanser, 1994. ISBN 3-446-15299-7
  • Printing studies for German, literary and historical scholars . Bern et al .: Lang, 1994 ISBN 3-906750-89-2
  • Picture book literature. Nine chapters on an underrated genre of literature. Weinheim: 1997.

literature

  • Marianne Halbey (Ed.): Hans Adolf Halbey. In the broad field of book art. Articles, essays, satires, poems. Offenbach am Main: 1982.

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personal data
SURNAME Halbey, Hans Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and lyric poet
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Wendel
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 2003
Place of death Mainz