Jürgen Wilbert

Jürgen Wilbert (born October 2, 1945 in Düsseldorf ) is a German aphorist and andragogist .

Life

He studied English, education and political science at the University of Bonn , where he received his doctorate in 1977. phil. with a work on "Political Concepts and Educational Goals", published in 1987 by Beltz-Verlag, Weinheim & Basel . After more than 30 years of full-time employment in the municipal further education and culture business - most recently until 2007 as head of the department for further education and culture in Hattingen - since 2008 freelance as a freelance author and lecturer; Initiator of the international aphoristic meeting in Hattingen / Ruhr (biennial since 2004), since 2008 chairman of the Friends of the German Aphorism Archive (DAphA) Hattingen. His literary focus is on the shortest prose genre, the aphorism: meanwhile five books of his own aphorisms have been published. (See the following selection list of his publications, also www.aphoristiker.de).

Publications of a literary nature

• Duality and doubt. Poems and aphorisms, 1989
• From the upset of the brain. Aphorisms and Sentences, 1991
• Headache. Thought Offensive, 2000
• Brain-biting. Aphorisms, 2006
• Almost conceivable. Thought notes, 2010
• Conceivably concise - Prologue on the essence of the aphorism, in: FEDERKIEL, issue 1/2010, pp. 33–37
• Penultimate conclusions. Brief of Matters, 2012
• Struck out of the phrase. Aphoristic thinkings. Updated and expanded new edition of the "penultimate conclusions", 2014.

Together with Friedemann Spicker

• Heroes. An aphoristic-literary foray. Hattingen: DAphA 2010.
• The aphorism in Westphalia. With illustrations by Erich Krian. Bochum: Brockmeyer 2013 (dapha-prints 5).
• Karl Kraus - Christian Morgenstern. Two aphoristic opponents - with pictures by Carmen Meiswinkel and HD Gölzenleuchter. Hattingen: DAphA 2012.
• “Lice of Reason” - a literary-musical evening in memory of 250 years of Johann Gottfried Seume - 200 years of Friedrich Hebbel. Hattingen: DAphA 2013.
• The small genre in the Ruhr area, in: Gerhard Rupp, Hanneliese Palm, Julika Vorberg (eds.): Literaturwunder Ruhr, Essen: Klartext 2011, pp. 189–195.
• The aphoristic meeting in Hattingen and the German Aphorism Archive (DAphA). In: Literature in Westphalia. Contributions to research 13. On behalf of the literature commission for * Westphalia of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe ed. by Walter Gödden and Arnold Maxwill. Bielefeld: Aisthetis 2014, pp. 661–669.

Writings as editor

• “Others become wise from my mistakes”. Festschrift for Gerhard Uhlenbruck on the 80th, Bochum: Brockmeyer-Verlag 2008
• Different countries - different proverbs. Handouts for classroom design. A DAphA documentation. 4th edition 2014.
• (together with P. Kamburg): Flight of thought - Documentation for the 1st aphoristic meeting 2004. Essen: Klartext 2005.
• (together with P. Kamburg, F. Spicker): Mind game - documentation for the 2nd aphoristic meeting 2006. Bochum: Brockmeyer 2007.
• Joke - image - sense. Facets of contemporary aphorism. Bochum: Brockmeyer 2008.
• Thought, image and joke. Aphorisms. Technical articles. Illustrations. Documentation for the 3rd aphoristic meeting from November 6th to 8th, 2008 in Hattingen an der Ruhr. Bochum: Brockmeyer 2009.
• “Thoughts are rude. They come without knocking. ”Anthology of the aphorism competition 2010. Bochum: Brockmeyer 2010.
• Thought Transfer. Aphorisms. Technical articles. Illustrations. Documentation for the 4th aphoristic meeting from November 4th - 6th 2010 in Hattingen an der Ruhr. Bochum: Brockmeyer 2011.
• “Riders of principles don't change their saddles.” Anthology for the 2012 aphorism competition “On the importance of values.” Bochum: Brockmeyer 2012.
• Appreciation - Appreciation. The aphorism in the change of values. Aphorisms. Technical articles. Illustrations. Documentation for the 5th aphoristic meeting from November 1st to 3rd, 2012 in Hattingen an der Ruhr. Bochum: Brockmeyer 2013.
• “In the gears, the grain of sand becomes power.” Anthology for the 2014 aphorism competition “Big things in small things.” Bochum: Brockmeyer 2014.
• DAphA calendar 2012ff. Aphorisms and drawings. Bochum: Brockmeyer 2012ff.

Secondary literature

• German Literature Lexicon. 3rd, completely revised edition. Berlin: de Gruyter 2013. Vol. 32, p. 415f.

A selection of aphorisms

Anyone who does not want to be the stumbling block will never get the ball rolling.

Aphorisms are stumbling blocks to popular opinion.

The aphorism: a turn up of the brain.

Anyone who thinks in black and white dreads nuances.

If it is good form again to be apolitical, we will not just lose hearing.

People come and go - just don't see their senses.

Particular caution is required if those who have missed out are sitting on the longer lever.

New criminal offense: Decomposition of purchasing power.

Those who are fed up with time lose their appetite for the moment.

Exaggerated national pride borders on patriotism.

Career stages of an author: Pondering - Signing - Resigning.

Chronic illness of an aphorist: thought stimulus.

Unfortunately, the Last Judgment lacks pre-taster.

Since almost everyone thinks they are the navel of the world anyway, I recommend belly brushes.

True art of living: make yourself a wonderful spring in all seasons.

Web links

• aphoristiker.de
• nrw-literatur-im-netz.de