Heinrich G. Schneeweiß

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Heinrich G. Schneeweiß (also: Heinz Schneeweiß , born February 21, 1930 in Bregenz as Heinrich Gebhard Schneeweiß ) is an Austrian writer and translator .

Life

Heinrich G. Schneeweiß attended high schools in Bregenz and Feldkirch . After graduating from high school , he trained as an actor and camera assistant . He lived in Munich for a long time . In 1964 he moved to the Netherlands , where he studied German and Dutch until 1968 and then worked as a secondary school teacher. From 1974 he was a librarian at the Goethe Institute in Rotterdam . Heinrich G. Schneeweiß now lives in Dordrecht, the Netherlands .

From 1960 Heinrich G. Schneeweiß translated numerous works from Dutch into German . Since 1963 he has also published his own prose and poetry in German .

Heinich G. Schneeweiß is u. a. since 1964 member of the Dutch Writers' Association, since 1978 of the Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde , the Association of German Writers , and since 1982 of the PEN Center for German-Speaking Authors Abroad . In 1995 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Works

  • The goblin on my tongue ... , Dülmen / Westf. 1963
  • Memorandum of an antipode , Vienna 1968
  • So and not otherwise , Wiesbaden 1974
  • Today me, tomorrow you , Rotterdam 1976
  • Friedfische , Münster 1996
  • That, in which offense rules , Oberhausen 1999
  • Between picnic service and show business , Oberhausen 2001
  • From stardust , Oberhausen 2003
  • Now what, Prometheus? , Oberhausen 2004
  • The earth shows its teeth , Oberhausen 2009
  • Phylloxera and grape guardian & From the double value of all things , Hard 2011
  • The story of the tailless dog , Müllrose 2013

Editing

  • Between eyes and breath , St. Gallen [u. a.] 1964
  • Song between the teeth , Andernach 1972
  • Kun ever woorden burned? , Rotterdam 1985
  • Belgium: a country in search of itself , 'Bremerhaven 1988

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