Joachim Günther (Editor)

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Joachim Günther , pseudonym Johann Siering (born February 13, 1905 in Hofgeismar ; † June 14, 1990 in Berlin ) was a German publicist , journalist , essayist , narrator and literary critic .

Life

The son of the mayor of Hofgeismar, who came from East Prussia , had lived in Berlin since 1911. He studied philosophy , literature and art history at the University of Berlin . In Berlin he bridged the political changes during the Third Reich as a journalist and wrote literary reviews and essays for newspapers and magazines. Joachim Günther worked as a freelancer for the Berliner Tageblatt , the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung and the Deutsche Rundschau . From 1944 to 1945 he was conscripted as a paramedic in hospital trains. From 1950 to 1954 he studied theology at the church college in Berlin . The short prose specialist wrote aphorisms and stories . In 1954, Joachim Günther and Paul Fechter founded the magazine Neue Deutsche Hefte , which he has published quarterly since 1966 in his own self- publishing house in Berlin . In 1957 he published Poetry of Our Time in this series with Rudolf Hartung . In 1955, together with Ina Seidel and Karl August Horst , he published the commemorative publication “Ina Seidel celebrates her 70th birthday on September 15, 1955”. In 1960 Joachim Günther became a PEN member. Joachim Günther and Willy Haas took part in the discussion about Rolf Hochhuth's controversial book “Der Stellvertreter” in “The Dispute about Hochhuth's Deputy”. In 1968 he published the widely acclaimed book “Was I a Nazi? Politics-Contestation of Conscience ”. Ludwig Marcuse contributed instructions for the reader. In 1974 Günther became a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry and in the same year was awarded the Johann Heinrich Merck Prize . Günther died in 1990 in his house in Berlin. Obituaries for Günther were written by Christine Brückner and Hilde Domin in 1990

He was friends with the writer couple Christine Brückner and Otto Heinrich Kühner .

Quotes

In 1976 Joachim Günther wrote in “Foundlingen”: “Fame is also the beginning of death. But there is hardly any way to ward off fame or fortune. "

Literary mention

Christine Brückner wrote about Joachim Günther's collection of aphorisms "Findlinge":

"His aphorisms are witty, but not funny for the sake of the vanity of a successful punch line, he treats those he calls his foundlings with care."

- From: Christine Brückner, "The Hour of the Partridge?" Ullstein Frankfurt aM, 1995

Awards

  • 1974 Johann Heinrich Merck Prize

Works

  • The last year. My diary 1944/45. Claassen & Goverts , Hamburg 1948
  • Thanks and recognition: Paul Fechter on his 75th birthday on September 14, 1955
  • Viennese parrot booklet. 1957
  • Lyric our time. 1957
  • The dispute over Hochhuth's deputy. 1963
  • Was I a Nazi ?. 1968
  • Yes, no. 1970
  • The very serious tale of God Intermediate questions for theology and the church. 1971
  • Erratic boulders (aphorisms). 1976
  • It was like walking away from Berlin. 1983
  • Seascapes. 1985
  • Travel pictures. 1991
  • The old virtues

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary to a lone fighter. On the death of Joachim Günther von Hilde Domin in the German Academy for Language and Poetry, Yearbook, 1990
  2. ^ Joachim Günther: Foundlinge from 1976

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personal data
SURNAME Günther, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siering, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist and narrator
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Hofgeismar
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1990
Place of death Berlin