Hans Heinrich Formann
Hans Heinrich Formann (born August 27, 1939 in Prague , † September 28, 2016 in Gunzenhausen ) was an Austrian writer and journalist .
Life
Hans Heinrich Formann was born in Prague in 1939 and came to Austria in 1945. After graduating from high school in Linz , he studied newspaper science and art history at the University of Vienna . Formann was editor of a Linz daily newspaper from 1963 to 1965. From 1965 to 1969 he was dramaturge at the State Theater Linz and at the Württemberg State Theaters in Stuttgart . Formann worked until 1980 as a socio-educational employee in the open youth work of the Stuttgart youth centers and as a cultural journalist and critic for the Stuttgarter Nachrichten , then as a freelance writer . Since 1980 he lived in Igelsbach , a district of the Absberg market ( Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district , Middle Franconia ). After a long illness, Hans Heinrich Formann died in Gunzenhausen in September 2016 and found his final resting place in a family grave in the Grinzinger Friedhof in Vienna .
Works
- Manuel and the giraffes , 1965
- Heap birds , 1965
- Sweets for giant children , 1966
- A bottle kingdom for the earth , 1967
- A yo-yo for everyone , 1968
- Society for an evening , ballet libretto, 1968
- Circles of Eternal Shores , Lyric Cantata, 1968
- Three chants from the century of the Lysistrata , Lyric Cantata, 1969
- Mrs. Nowaks Held , radio play (Prod. ORF-OÖ 1971)
- The hourglass , radio play (Prod. ORF-OÖ 1971)
- Flugwetter , radio play (Prod. DRS 1980)
- Giant children in the bottle kingdom , dramas, Austria. Publishing house, 1973
Poetry and lyrics
- The incident
- The crux of the matter
- Encircling the object
- Diary of a peacemaker
- Nothing moves
- In certain circumstances
- From the roof to the cooing street
- The mystification
- In backpack
- At that time the floods in the border region / Pierrot
- Bars will smile
Short stories and texts have appeared in the following volumes, among others:
- Innsbruck '65 , 1965
- Innsbruck '67 , 1967
- Quieter Homeland , 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968
- The plow , 1966
- Midnight Stories , 1969
Awards
- Literature Prize of the State of Upper Austria 1965
- Sponsorship award from the Dr. Theodor Körner Foundation , Vienna 1966
- Literature Prize of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft, Munich
- Literature Prize for Drama, Innsbruck 1967
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Heinrich Formann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website by Hans Heinrich Formann
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Formann, Hans Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 2016 |
Place of death | Gunzenhausen |