Heinz Kattner

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Heinz Kattner (born January 17, 1947 in Hildesheim ) is a German writer, lecturer, editor and editor.

Life

Heinz Kattner completed an apprenticeship as an insurance salesman after attending primary and commercial school. From 1965 to 1970 he worked as a commercial clerk in Hildesheim. During this time he was also active as a singer in the beat and rock band "The Ramblers" together with Jürgen Droste (drums), Günther Weser (rhythm guitar), Alfred Kogel (lead guitar) and Ulli Erdmann (bass).

After he had obtained the higher education entrance qualification on the second educational path, he studied from 1970 to 1973 pedagogy at the Pedagogical University in Hildesheim; he completed this study with the first state examination. At the same time he worked as a department head at the Hildesheim Adult Education Center until 1973. He then studied Protestant theology, literature and social science in Hildesheim and Bremen until 1980. During this time his first literary publications appeared.

In 1987 he was the founding initiator of the Lüneburg Literary Society, founded the Lüneburg Literature Office in the Heinrich-Heine-Haus in 1992 and managed it until 1994. He was a member of the Lower Saxony Literature Commission in the Ministry of Science and Culture from 1992 to 2000; as a member of the advisory board at the Lüneburg Literature Office from 1995 to 2007.

He works as an author, editor, editor and lecturer in Leestahl near Lüneburg in Lower Saxony . Since 1992 he has been teaching at the University of Lüneburg. Since 1980 he has worked as a lecturer in the education and training of theologians, authors, executives and students; since 2002 founding member and lecturer of Atelier Sprache eV in Braunschweig.

Heinz Kattner publishes poetry, lyric prose and essays. Since 1996 he has been a member of the PEN Center Germany .

Awards

  • 1980 the culture promotion award of the district of Lüneburg
  • 1981/82 stay in the "Atelierhaus Worpswede"
  • 1984 the young artist scholarship of the state of Lower Saxony
  • 1987 the literature prize of the Sparkassenstiftung Lüneburg
  • 1988 Italian scholarship and stay in the "Casa Baldi" (Olevano)
  • 1989 stay at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn
  • 1990 the poetry prize of the Associazione Culturale in Olevano Romano
  • 1991 the artist grant for literature from the state of Lower Saxony
  • 1999 the culture award of the district of Lüneburg
  • 2001 the annual scholarship of the state of Lower Saxony
  • 2003 the Culture Prize of the City of Lüneburg, Dr. Hedwig Meyn Prize
  • 2010 Lower Saxony Order of Merit (on ribbon)

Works

  • Blätter , Lüneburg 1978 (together with Gerhard Zacharias)
  • Between Times , Lüneburg 1979 (together with Lothar von Hoeren)
  • Weather lights , Celle [u. a.] 1982
  • Inconspicuous tremors , Hanover 1984
  • Simple things, people and big names , Hauzenberg 1986
  • What no one has ever been in , Hanover 1987
  • Approaches , Bramsche 1990 (together with Hartmut R. Berlinicke)
  • Return trip , Hanover 1990 (together with Lothar von Hoeren)
  • Descendants , Hanover 1995
  • Inconspicuous tremors , Lüneburg 2001
  • As if someone were calling your own name , jump 2007
  • Silent calling , jump 2012

Editing

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personal data
SURNAME Kattner, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim