Hans Kruppa

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Hans Kruppa (born February 15, 1952 in Marl ) is a German poet and writer.

Life

Hans Kruppa was born on February 15, 1952 in Marl (Westphalia), where he also spent his childhood and youth. In 1970 he finished his school education with the Abitur.

From 1970 to 1975 he studied English, American and sport at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and completed his studies with the first state examination. He wrote poetry and prose while still a student and published his first novel in 1976.

In 1977 he completed a teaching traineeship, which he completed in 1979 with the second state examination. He then taught at a grammar school for two years until he gave up teaching in 1981 to devote himself entirely to writing. Since then he has lived as a freelance writer.

He has published his poems and aphorisms, novels and stories, fairy tales and short stories in more than a hundred books with a total circulation of over two million. His volumes of poetry alone have a total print run of seven digits. Translations of several of his prose works have appeared in other countries (South Korea, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands). In 2004 he was awarded the Otto Mainz Prize . In 2016 he received the Frankfurt Orthography Prize.

Hans Kruppa lives in Bremen .

Works (selection)

  • The egg cult . Novel. Nachtcafé Verlag, 1976
  • Spells . Aphorisms. Param Verlag, 1983
  • Just for you . Poems. Schneekluth Verlag, 1983
  • The magic book . A fairy tale. Lucy Körner Verlag, 1987
  • Kaito . A fairy tale. Goldmann Verlag, 1988
  • The flying strawberries . Novel. Goldmann Verlag, 1988
  • Near you . Love poems. Goldmann Verlag, 1991
  • The legend of Tay Manka . Narrative. Lucy Körner Verlag, 1993
  • Dolphins . Novel. Goldmann Verlag, 1996
  • The third wish . Novel. Goldmann Verlag, 1997
  • The wish crystal . A poetic fairy tale. Herder Publishing House, 1998
  • Amanda and the magic book . A fairy tale. Herder publishing house, 1999
  • Only you . Love poems. Herder publishing house, 2000
  • Forever you . Love poems. Herder publishing house, 2001
  • Magic of the soul . Poems. Herder publishing house, 2002
  • Embrace the love . Poems. Schneekluth Verlag, 2003
  • The kiss of the butterfly . Novel. Knaur, 2004
  • The golden book of love . Aphorisms, minute texts, poems, fairy tales & stories. Knaur, 2004
  • Songs of the heart . Love poems. Knaur, 2005
  • An Angel's Heart & and Other Fairy Tales . Allegria, 2005
  • The treasure found & other fairy tales . Allegria, 2005
  • The gateway to happiness . Inspirations for the art of living. Knaur, 2006
  • A little luck for every day . Poems, fairy tales & thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2007
  • Every love is a miracle . Poems, fairy tales & thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2008
  • Life has a birthday every day . Poems, fairy tales & thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2008
  • Kisses of life - The most beautiful wisdoms of love , Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2008, ISBN 978-3-45129745-8 .
  • If you want to fly, let yourself fall . Little wisdom stories. Coppenrath Verlag, 2009
  • You give me so much happiness . Love poems. Coppenrath Verlag, 2009
  • Happiness is always close . Poems. Coppenrath Verlag, 2009
  • The gift of the stars . Novel. Page & Turner, 2010
  • Only dead fish go with the flow . Thoughtful & funny from A to Z. Coppenrath Verlag, 2010
  • About happiness and love . arsEdition, 2010
  • Give the day a smile . The most beautiful poems, thoughts & stories. Coppenrath Verlag, 2011
  • Every day is your day . Wisdom stories of life and love. Coppenrath Verlag, 2011
  • Wisdom and art of living . arsEdition, 2012
  • Kaito or The Ease of Happiness . Novel. New edition. Coppenrath Verlag, 2013
  • Golden wisdom for life . Poems, fairy tales & thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2013
  • Valentina is looking for happiness . Novel. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2013
  • Wishes for life . Poems, fairy tales & thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2014
  • The little book of great help . Poems, thoughts and wisdom stories. Coppenrath Verlag, 2014
  • The little treasures along the way . Prose miniatures. Coppenrath Verlag, 2015
  • You are the answer . Love poems. Herder Publishing House, 2015
  • Happiness knows no age . Stories, poems and thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2016
  • I wish you luck for every day . Poems and thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2016
  • The best time is now . Stories, poems and thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2017
  • Happiness is a form of courage . Stories, poems and thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2017
  • Joy gives wings to life . Stories, poems and thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2017
  • The golden magic book . A wisdom tale. Coppenrath Verlag, 2018
  • In my heart you live on . Consolation. Coppenrath Verlag, 2018
  • The gift of the stars . Novel. New edition. dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, 2018
  • The journey to happiness . Narrative. Coppenrath Verlag, 2019
  • A little luck for every day . Poems, fairy tales and thoughts. New edition. Coppenrath Verlag, 2019
  • Lucky that you exist . Poems, stories and thoughts. Coppenrath Verlag, 2019

Sound carrier

  • Only you . Love poems, songs & guitar pieces. CD. Read, sung and played by the author. Knaur 2004
  • Kaito . A fairy tale novel. 4 CDs. Read by Markus Hoffmann. steinbach speaking books 2005
  • The invisible mountain & the voice of the soul . Two fairy tales. CD. Read and musically framed by the author. Allegria / Audiobook Hamburg 2005
  • The treasure found & the eternal blossom . Two fairy tales. CD. Read and musically framed by the author. Allegria / Audiobook Hamburg 2005
  • You forever . A selection of poems with music. CD. Read by Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff and Markus Hoffmann. With songs by the author. steinbach speaking books 2006
  • The gift of the stars . Novel. 4 CDs. Read by Edgar M. Böhlke. steinbach speaking books 2011
  • Out of the blue . Poems and music. CD. Read by the author and framed with guitar pieces. Herder publishing house 2016

Radio plays

  • 1987: program change ; Director: Hans Helge Ott ( RB )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Kruppa at Coppenrath Verlag
  2. ↑ Hans Kruppa at dtv Verlag
  3. ↑ Hans Kruppa at arsEdition

literature

  • Hans Kruppa In: Detlef Michelers, Helmut Hornig: Bremen authors. Texts and biographies . Norddeutscher Autorverlag Emtinghausen 1978, p. 41 ISBN 3-88286-003-0

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Kruppa, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Marl