Henky Hentschel
Henky Hentschel (* 1940 in Ulm ; † August 20, 2012 in Havana ) was a German writer.
Life
Henky Hentschel studied sociology and ethnology . In 1970 he was a co-founder of the "Release Heidelberg" municipality, the first German drug aid organization. He then managed an ecological farm on the Italian island of Elba for 13 years.
He worked as a television author for ZDF (for programs such as aspekte , Impulse and documentaries), WDR television and Süddeutscher Rundfunk , as well as a print author for various magazines (e.g. Stern , Spiegel , Playboy , Die Gazette , Tempo , GEO , Merian ) as well as various daily and weekly newspapers (e.g. Zeit , Süddeutsche Zeitung , Die Woche , Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung ) and other media.
He has published numerous books in various genres aimed at children, young people and adults, and in which he processed his fascination for the Caribbean or his own life experiences as a gambler and dropout .
Henky Hentschel lived and worked in the Caribbean ( Guadeloupe and Guatemala ) since 1990 and in Havana since 1994 , where he died on August 20, 2012 under unknown circumstances. He is buried in the Cementerio Cristóbal Colón in Havana.
The photographer and journalist Sven Creutzmann wrote in his obituary in the Süddeutsche Zeitung :
“Now, in the middle and end of the 1990s, Hentschel has finally arrived. Perhaps as the only German abroad, he really lives among the Cubans and describes this in brilliant texts in books and reports. (…) The week before last, Henky Hentschel finally ran away under mysterious circumstances, similar to his alter ego at the end of the “moult”. This time not on the way to a new Caribbean island, but somewhere to look for new trouble there . "
In honor of Hentschel, a corner pub in Old Havana bears the name "Henky's Bar".
Book publications
- Henky Hentschels 2036 , (novel) Grüne Kraft / Grüner Zweig, Werner Pieper 's MedienXperimente, Löhrbach 1977
- Capoliveri , Dürr, 1982
- On the gums through Eden: Where you go when you go , Heyne Verlag , Munich 1984
- Pinstripe. A disappointment with relapses , (Roman) Heyne, Munich 1985
- The dream tears mouse , (children's story ) Franckh-Kosmos , 1986, ISBN 978-3440055878
- Jan Tatlin's dragon hunt , Verlag an der Este , Buxtehude 1990, ISBN 978-3926616487
- Jaja's steal. Vom Zaubervogel der Karibik , (Roman) Verlag an der Este, Buxtehude 1991, ISBN 978-3926616449
- The Moult , (Novel) Piper , 1994, ISBN 978-3492036801
- Letters from Havana with photos by Armin Neusius
- Audiobook version (shortened), Hoffmann and Campe , 2007, ISBN 978-3455305142
- The dogs in the shade of the almond tree , Beltz-Verlag , 1996, one-time special edition, ISBN 978-3407787255
- The Charlies stole the fairy tales , (children's novel) Kerle, Freiburg 1997, ISBN 978-3451700040
- Ramón's brother , (youth novel) Beltz and Gelberg, 1997, ISBN 978-3407787620
- (with Siegmar Münk) How the rhinoceros got to the horn and the snake got to the rattle , (short stories) Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 978-3499208515
- (with photos by Sven Creutzmann) Salsa of a revolution , Rogner & Bernhard at two thousand and one in 1999
- Zock: the game, the kick, the crash , Edition Rauschkunde, Pieper and the Grüne Kraft, Löhrbach 2003, ISBN 9783930442706
- Mexican Rosskur or: on the Pacific , Culture Machines , 2009, ISBN 978-3940274168
Television documentaries
- Journeys into utopia , about consciousness drugs in the Federal Republic of Germany, broadcast on ZDF on August 9, 1970.
Awards
1991: ZDF's “ Bookworms Prize ” for Jajas Klau
Web links
- Literature by and about Henky Hentschel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of Henky Hentschel
- Facebook page with memories of Henky Hentschel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kai Krüger: Consultation hours free of charge . In: Die Zeit , No. 49/1972
- ↑ Hentschel, Henky ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Short portrait of the author on the website of the Hoffmann & Campe publishing house, accessed on August 22, 2012
- ↑ For Fidel to the 80th - Postponed is not canceled by Henky Hentschel In: Stern of August 13, 2006
- ↑ Henky Hentschel: Fidel Castro's Gladiators , report on boxing in Cuba, in: Playboy from March 2002
- ↑ Henky Hentschel: Kubanische Grundwerte (PDF; 601 kB), in: Die Gazette No. 4 from December 2004, accessed on August 22, 2012
- ↑ Sad Salsa by Henky Hentschel In: Zeit Online from August 11, 2006
- ↑ Henky Hentschel: No insulin for the sugar island , in: The week of October 16, 1995
- ^ The other democracy by Henky Hentschel In: Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung of May 14, 2005
- ↑ Monday energy of Henky Hentschel Carilat from April 5, 2009
- ↑ Cuban Metamorphoses by Henky Hentschel Federal Agency for Civic Education from January 8, 2008
- ↑ Not like the others - An obituary for the German writer, journalist and dropout Henky Hentschel , Süddeutsche Zeitung of September 5, 2012.
- ↑ Beate Schümann: Merian moments travel guide Cuba. Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 3rd edition 2018, p. 76
- ↑ This week on TV , in: Der Spiegel, August 3, 1970, accessed on August 22, 2012
- ↑ Chronicle ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Verlag an der Este
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hentschel, Henky |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th August 2012 |
| Place of death | Havana , Cuba |