Herbert Asbeck
Herbert Asbeck (born June 15, 1936 in Düsseldorf ; † June 17, 2019 in Erkrath ) was a German writer .
Life
Asbeck attended grammar school in his native city of Düsseldorf. He became a businessman and foreign language correspondent, lived in Amsterdam and Barcelona for a few years before traveling to countries in Europe and overseas as head of sales for European mechanical engineering companies. In 1972 he started his own business in Erkrath-Hochdahl with an agency for printing and related machines.
In 1992 he gave up his profession and has since worked as a freelance writer. His prose works were preceded by research trips to Crete - once with a travel grant from the Foreign Office - to Spain, Italy and France.
He was a member of the Association of German Writers (VS) North Rhine-Westphalia and the Heinrich Heine Society in Düsseldorf.
Herbert Asbeck had been married since 1961 and had two sons.
Works
- Poetry
- Poems by an Unmodern , Frankfurt 1986
- Thank you for the day that is declining, Düsseldorf 2018
- prose
- The trip to S., Düsseldorf 1991
- The summer garden, Klagenfurt 1994
- Lambis, the violinist, Munich 2001
- Days in Crete, Munich 2001
- The summer garden , new edition Munich, 2002
- Dear Miss Klimpernell , Munich 2003
- Hassan's gift ..., Munich 2006
- Corrida , Munich 2011
- A love in Cremona , Munich 2016
- theatre
- The greylag goose , 1993
- Trott , 1999
- Dio Mio , 1996
- Trilogy of Love , 2001
- Journey Back , 2005
- Mr. Quant's Apartments , 2013
literature
- Michael Serrer (Editor): Herbert Asbeck - Through the World , Word of Honor, Vol. 11, Düsseldorf 2016.
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert Asbeck in the catalog of the German National Library
- herbert-asbeck.de - Herbert Asbeck's personal website
- Daily newspaper El Mundo on his novel "Corrida"
- Daily newspaper LAPROVINCIA di Cremona / Cremona Oggi March 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ memorial Herbert Asbeck on trauer.rp-online.de
- ↑ Herbert Asbeck. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , p. 25.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asbeck, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th June 2019 |
| Place of death | Erkrath |