Hans Dieter Schäfer

Hans Dieter Schäfer (born September 7, 1939 in Berlin ) is a German writer and literary scholar .

Hans Dieter Schäfer studied German , history and philosophy in Vienna and Kiel. From 1974 to 2004 he was a lecturer in modern German literature at the University of Regensburg , which honored him with an extensive exhibition when he left. His book The Split Consciousness attracted attention beyond Germany . About German culture and everyday life 1933–1945 .

Schäfer was known to the poet Wilhelm Lehmann (1882–1968), whose works he edited. In addition to research on literary and everyday history, Schäfer published several volumes of poems and autobiographical prose. In 1975 he was awarded the Literature Prize of the Free State of Bavaria and is a member of the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature .

Fonts (selection)

Scientific publications

• Wilhelm Lehmann. Studies on his life and work (= treatises on art, literature and musicology. 66, ISSN  0567-4999 ). Bouvier, Bonn 1969.
• The split consciousness. About German culture and the reality of life. 1933-1945. Hanser, Munich et al. 1981, ISBN 3-446-13455-7 (Several editions; extended new edition as: The split consciousness. From the Third Reich to the long 1950s (= Mainz series. New series 8). Ibid 2009, ISBN 978 -3-8353-0428-4 ).

Editing

• Berlin in World War II. The fall of the imperial capital in eyewitness reports. Piper, Munich et al. 1985, ISBN 3-492-02885-3 (Revised new edition, 2nd edition. (= Piper series. 1357). Ibid 1991, ISBN 3-492-11357-5 ).
• Hermann Lenz : Swabian curriculum vitae. Edited and with an afterword by Hans Dieter Schäfer. Keicher, Warmbronn 2013. ( Preliminary study for the novel Verlassene Zimmer (1966). Hans Dieter Schäfer supplements the text with readings from Hermann Lenz's notebook from 1942. ).
• Hermann Lenz: Age Notes. 1997-1998. Selected and edited by Hans Dieter Schäfer. Keicher, Warmbronn 2014. In the reversal book together with: Hans Dieter Schäfer: The involuntary memory - Hermann Lenz and his age notes.
• Sigismund von Radecki : The voice of the street. Feuilletons (= Mainz series. New episode 14). Edited and with an afterword by Hans Dieter Schäfer. Wallstein, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-8353-1513-6 .

Poetic work

• Fictional memories (= The latest poem. 31, ZDB ID 990195-4 ). Afterword by Wilhelm Lehmann. Bläschke, Darmstadt 1968.
• Strawberries in December and other poems. Translated by Ewald Osers. Carcanet New Press, Manchester 1976, ISBN 0-85635-127-X .
• Cold zones. Poems (= series Spektrum. 4, ZDB -ID 2558976-3 ). Spectrum, Zurich 1978.
• Close to life. Poems. Hanser, Munich et al. 1982, ISBN 3-446-13542-1 .
• How I started my excavations (= printing of series &. 1). Keicher, Warmbronn 1998, ISBN 3-932843-03-7 .
• On the run. My childhood in pictures (= Refugium 34 series ). With two woodcuts by Alfred Pohl . Reche, Passau 1999, ISBN 3-929566-22-2 .
• Late in life. Twenty poems. Keicher, Warmbronn 2001, ISBN 3-932843-22-3 .
• Final Cut. Poems (= Refugium series. 43). With drawings by Christoph Meckel . Reche, Passau 2002, ISBN 3-929566-32-X .
• Berlin records (= Edition Refugium. 3). With four drypoint etchings by Susanne Theumer . Reche, Neumarkt 2005, ISBN 3-929566-45-1 .
• Regensburg night. With linocuts by László Zoller. Hammer Gallery, Regensburg 2005.
• Memory training. Records (= Edition Refugium. 13). With photographs by Barbara Klemm . Reche, Neumarkt 2009, ISBN 978-3-929566-86-4 .
• The invisible tattoo. Explorations. Wallstein, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8353-1249-4 .
• Open air cinema. Poems (= series of ligatures. 7). With forty-six digital photographs by Robert Lebeck . Reche, Neumarkt 2013, ISBN 978-3-929566-48-2 .
• Viennese life. Memories. Reche, Neumarkt 2016, ISBN 978-3-929566-67-3 .

literature

• Edited by Siegmund Probst and Ulrike Siebauer in conjunction with Hans Dieter Schäfer: Hans Dieter Schäfer in dialogue with modernity. An exhibition by the Institute for German Studies and the Regensburg University Library. Reche, Neumarkt 2005, ISBN 3-929566-68-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Dieter Schäfer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Hans Dieter Schäfer at perlentaucher.de
• Website of Hans Dieter Schäfer

Remarks

1. ^ Member entry by Hans Dieter Schäfer at the Academy of Sciences and Literature