Hans Kudszus

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Hans Kudszus (born July 7, 1901 in Schleswig ; † April 13, 1977 in Berlin ) was a German writer and aphorist .

biography

Hans Kudszus was born on July 7, 1901, the son of the officer Max Kudszus and his wife Bertha. After attending the cathedral school and grammar school in Schleswig, he studied philosophy , mathematics and physics at various locations for 18 semesters ; he did not graduate. Kudszus then worked as a private tutor and commercial clerk. During the Second World War he was a soldier and was taken prisoner of war in 1945 . Since 1947 he lived in Berlin (West) as a freelance writer . In the Tagesspiegel he published essays , reviews and aphorisms, for which he was awarded the German Critics' Prize in 1963 . 1967 he was at the initiative of the Berlin philosopher William Weischedel the honorary doctorate of the University of Berlin awarded. Theodor W. Adorno wrote a commendation (printed in: Thinking about yourself; see under “Works”). Among other things, it says there: "Kudszus is of a truly intellectual productivity, which is reflected in very extraordinarily shaped and substantial aphorisms, the content of which outweighs many thick books."

At the suggestion of the writer and editor Joachim Günther , the volume of aphorisms Jaworte, Noworte was created in 1970 . The foreword was written by the writer Dieter Hildebrandt, who was friends with Kudszus . Despite his publications and awards, Kudszus did not achieve high popularity. Various circumstances have made longer hospital stays necessary in recent years. Kudszus died on April 13, 1977 in Berlin. For himself: “There is a happiness of abstraction that no longer needs happiness in life, because the ability to think of unhappiness is the subtlest happiness of thinking” (Der Tagesspiegel of March 25, 1962).

estate

Around a thousand aphorisms were found in his estate , around three hundred of which were published in the volume Thinking About You in 2002. Dieter Hildebrandt again wrote the foreword.

Works

  • Art reconciles with the world , in: About Theodor W. Adorno, Frankfurt am Main 1968.
  • Yes, no. Aphorisms . Frankfurt a. M .: Suhrkamp, ​​1970.
  • Thinking to yourself. Aphorisms . Cologne: Matto, 2002, ISBN 3-936392-00-5 (Greek edition: Hē skepsē monachē , Athēna 2006).

literature

  • Friedemann Spicker: The German aphorism in the 20th century. Game, picture, knowledge . Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-484-10859-2 , pp. 666-670.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Kudszus, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aphorist
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Schleswig
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1977
Place of death Berlin