Hans Kals
Hans Kals (born September 16, 1927 in Aachen , † June 4, 1989 in Meran ) was a German writer, dialect poet and economist .
Live and act
Hans Kals grew up in hair and, after graduating from elementary school, attended the trade school in Aachen from 1942 to 1944 . After the end of the war he took a job at the Aachen-Stadt tax office and became a tax inspector. He also attended the Administration and Business Academy and graduated with a diploma. In 1955 he was transferred to the regional finance office in Cologne , where he stayed until 1964.
In 1957, he was admitted to study via a detour test for talented students . In addition to his professional activities, he began law to study, but moved very quickly to the economics and made 1963 his exams. From 1964 he taught as a qualified commercial teacher at the vocational school and higher commercial school in Aachen. In 1970 he did his doctorate at the then higher business school in Mönchengladbach . His dissertation on The Social Question in Romanticism was later published as a book (Hanstein-Verlag, Cologne 1974, ISBN 3-7756-6291-X ).
Hans Kals is considered one of the co-founders of the “Economics” department at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences . He has taught there since 1971 and promoted the expansion.
In addition to his work as a professor, Hans Kals made a name for himself as a writer and dialect poet. As early as the 1960s he had translated several books from French for Herder-Verlag . This was followed by a few short stories in magazines and in 1981 the first book Ein Heldengedenken . Parallel to his studies, he had dealt with social history and psychology. This knowledge flowed into his other books, in particular Put yourself in his shoes - How to deal with your aggressions . He also wrote numerous poems and prose pieces in Aachen dialect, some of which were published in Aachen newspapers. In 1984 he was one of the founders of the Haaren / Verlautenheide home association.
Hans Kals had been married since 1962. His wife Berta Kals was a visual artist and was best known for her time-critical Christmas cribs . From this marriage there were three children. Hans Kals died in June 1989 on a lecture tour in Italy.
Fonts (selection)
- A hero's memory. Verlag Vlinder op 't S, 1981, ISBN 3-88687-008-1 .
- 1984 - now. (= Herder library. Volume 1102). 1984, ISBN 3-451-08102-4 .
- Put yourself in his shoes. (= Herder library. Volume 1172). 1985, ISBN 3-451-08172-5 .
- It happened in our day: the Berta Kals cribs. Alano Herodotus, 1986, ISBN 3-924007-27-6 .
literature
- Hanns Bittmann: Erenneronge (v) to Hans Kals. Thouet Verlag, 1993, OCLC 34478242 .
- Hair at the gates of the city of Aachen. Heimatverein Haaren / Verlautenheide, No. 5, 1990.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prof. Hans Kals is dead. In: Aachener Nachrichten . June 6, 1989.
- ↑ Hair at the gates of the city of Aachen. Heimatverein Haaren / Verlautenheide, No. 5, 1990.
- ^ Professor and local poet. In: Aachener Nachrichten. September 16, 1987.
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SURNAME | Kals, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist, writer, dialect poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
DATE OF DEATH | June 4th 1989 |
Place of death | Meran |