Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus

Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus (born October 31, 1947 in Mennighüffen , today Löhne ) is a German writer doctor .

Life

Pönnighaus studied medicine in Giessen and worked in Zambia from 1975 to 1977 , at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine from 1977 to 1978 and in Malawi from 1979 to 1992 , where he headed a leprosy research project. From 1993 to 1995 he trained as a dermatologist in Homburg , from 1996 to 2001 he was senior physician at the skin clinic of the Vogtland Clinic in Plauen, and from 2002 to 2008 he managed a hospital in Tanzania . From 2009 to 2012 he worked again at the Vogtland Clinic.

In 2012 he retired and devoted himself to his literary works. Since medicine never really let go of him, he has since worked (with interruptions) in the dermatological department of the BG Klinik Falkenstein . He also traveled to the Philippines on humanitarian missions and three times for six weeks in the slums of Kolkata . His last assignment so far with German Doctors takes him to Bangladesh. Since his return from Africa and coming to terms with his experiences there, his literary works have been shaped by the daily stories of his fellow men. The experiences of his patients in the Second World War shape his current work, just like his last experiences abroad.

About his experiences in Africa he published prose and poetry a. a. in the almanac of German-speaking writers' doctors , in Athena-Verlag and at conception Seidel .

Publications

Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus published almost 100 articles in medical journals and various chapters in dermatological, infectious and tropical medicine books.

Literary work:

• Namwala - Records from a District in Africa. Bläschke Verlag, 1984, ISBN 3-7053-1699-0 .
• Late November light: poetry. RG Fischer, Frankfurt 1986, ISBN 3-88323-866-X .
• Shades of gray: lyric poetry. RG Fischer, 1987, ISBN 3-88323-875-9 .
• His wife is bewitched: Everyday stories from Africa and Europe. RG Fischer, 1988; ISBN 3-88323-964-X .
• Rainy season: poems from Africa and Europe. RG Fischer, 1990, ISBN 3-89406-154-5 .
• Stories - seventy poems. Bläschke Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-7053-1511-0 .
• Homburg Days: Poetry. RG Fischer, 1993, ISBN 3-89406-626-1 .
• Skin has to be flawless: poetry. RG Fischer, 1994, ISBN 3-89501-074-X .
• The light and the dust and the wind: short stories. RG Fischer, 1986. (2nd edition. 1996, ISBN 3-89501-334-X )
• Every day I wait for the horse's foot: poetry. RG Fischer, 1998, ISBN 3-89501-646-2 .
• Afternoon in Quelimane: poetry. RG Fischer, 2004, ISBN 3-8301-0651-3 .
• At the train station and other stories. Haag + Herchen, 1999, ISBN 3-86137-328-9 .
• Hair loss makes tears: poetry. Haag + Herchen, 1999, ISBN 3-86137-366-1 .
• It is difficult to give the dead their last escort: poetry. RG Fischer, 2000, ISBN 3-89501-947-X .
• The Rumor of the Magic Left Behind: Records and Stories from Central Africa. Wolkenstein Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-927861-62-6 .
• Even death has to be earned: poetry. Scheffler, Herdecke 2001, ISBN 3-89704-174-X .
• Kilombero level: lyric poetry. RG Fischer, 2005, ISBN 3-8301-0795-1 .
• Am Furura: Poetry. RG Fischer, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89950-235-0 .
• Lugala: Poetry. RG Fischer, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89950-387-6 .
• Daily work in Lugala: poetry. RG Fischer, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89950-483-5 .
• Sketches of a Time: Poems. Edition Exemplum. Athena-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89896-523-1 .
• With the waning moon: records from Lugala Hospital in Tanzania. Edition Exemplum. Athena-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-89896-540-8 .
• Travel to the End of the World: Conversations with the Dying. Athena-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-89896-581-1 .
• On quiet feet: poems. Athena-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-89896-606-1 .
• Dancing days: poems. edition Exemplum. Athena-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-89896-640-5 .
• About dying from the wind around noon: poems. edition exemplum. Athena-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-89896-689-4 .
• 1945 or birds also sing in ruins: stories of little people at the end of the war. Concepcion Seidel, 2017, ISBN 978-3-86716-139-8 .
• Longing for a tower clock. concepcion Seidel, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86716-169-5 .
• Calcutta or a goat for potash. concepcion Seidel, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86716-152-7 .
• In: Florian Steger (Ed.): There was still ink on the scalpel: Literary medicine. marix Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7374-1097-7 .
• Krishna with flute or Calcutta II . conception Seidel, 2019, ISBN 978-3-86716-181-7
• Maduli or Calcutta III, 2019 (unpublished - only privately via JM Pönnighaus)
• Shadow strings . conception Seidel, 2019, ISBN 978-3-86716-189-3
• The wind rustles in the poplars: edition exemplum. Athena-Verlag, 2020, ISBN 978-3-7455-1088-1
• Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh or rattling is part of business , 2020 (unpublished - only privately via JM Pönnighaus)

literature

• Lutz Kowalzick: Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus on his 65th birthday: tropical medicine, dermatosurgeon and man of letters. In: Current Dermatology. Volume 38, H. 12, 2012, pp. 516 f., Doi: 10.1055 / s-0032-1326018 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Literature by and about Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Poetry by JM Pönnighaus (website by Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus)
• Jörg-Martin Pönnighaus in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography of Jörg M. Pönnighaus ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 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 RG Fischer Verlag