Josef Fendl
Josef Fendl (born January 17, 1929 in Schönbühl , Straubing-Bogen district ) is a Bavarian writer . His work mainly includes Bavarian poems , short stories and radio features .
Life
As a "Lower Bavarian guest worker in the Upper Palatinate", Josef Fendl was a teacher in Regensburg and Neutraubling for almost 40 years and a home nurse in the southern district of Regensburg , of which he was a member, for over 30 years . From 1968 to 1990 he not only designed the school newspaper of the Staatliche Realschule Neutraubling - he also edited 45 booklets of the “Contributions to the History of the Regensburg District” and from 1999 to 2010 the Straubinger Calendar , Germany's oldest home calendar (2016: 420th year). The “literary broom-maker” has published over 60 books in the meantime and is known all over the country as a spirited reciter of his taunts, sayings and pub aphorisms . The special love of the "white and blue wandering preacher" belongs to the Bavarian language and local history. Among other things, he is a member of the small dialect poets group " Sindlbacher Kreis" founded in the summer of 1981 on the initiative of Georg Gick .
Contributions by the dialect poet are contained in 120 anthologies and reading books. Between 1983 and 1992 he edited and spoke about 20 programs for Bayerischer Rundfunk . Since the 1950s he has been writing newspaper articles and magazine articles under the pseudonyms Peter Muhr, Martin Staudacher, Josef Schwarz and Michael Paintner.
Josef Fendl is a consultant for the Hanns Seidel Foundation .
Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 1998 contains a detailed entry.
“55 years of pleasure in writing. A Documentation ”appeared in 2004 on his 75th birthday.
Awards (selection)
- 1994 Munich tower clerk
- 2001 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 2002 Bavarian poet thaler
- 2002 Culture Prize of the Bavarian Forest Association
- 2003 Waldschmidt Prize
- 2004 honorary citizen of Neutraubling
- 2006 Nordgaupreis of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund
- 2017 culture award of the district of Regensburg for his life's work
Publications (selection)
editorial staff
- Wörth , city between river and mountain. Regensburg 1979
Poetry
- Nothing like a lot of sayings. I-III . Pfaffenhofen (Ludwig) 1975–1979
prose
- Historical stories from the Bavarian Forest . Hof (Oberfränkische Verlag-Ges.) 1981
- The devil in the oven . Straubing (Attenkofer) 2001
- The kidnapping from the crib . Dachau (Bayerland) 2006
- Behind the stalls of the Christkindlmarkt . Straubing (Attenkofer) 2007
- The last lover . Straubing (Attenkofer) 2007
Illustrated books
- with Erich Klimek : 30 years in Neutraubling . Studio-Dr., Regensburg 1981
- with Erich Klimek: Menzinpah - Wenzenbach . 1982
- "... towards the forest" . Texts and drawings from the Bavarian Forest. Buch und Kunst Verlag, Amberg 1997, 27 illustrations
- with Peter Löffler: "on the way ..." . Studio Druck, Regensburg 2007
Quotes
- "'It is a shame that you are not there,
as my barn is burning down,' said the farmer to the fire eater in the circus, 'you could have eaten up!' " - "'He's no really warm!' Said the sexton, as he carried out an apostle figure during the church renovation,
- meanwhile he had smacked bricklayer." - “'Even stealing has to be learned!' The prisoner said to the pastor
, as he knows that he is eager to help." - A very short saying: "'We give your future a home' was advertised by the coffin carpenter in the newspaper."
Other dialect poets and researchers
References and footnotes
- ↑ "Trademark" of Fendl's proverbs: " (joke leader, saying) ..., → said it ..., → ... (joke point with surprise effect) "
- ↑ 35 years of Sindlbacher Kreis - rhymes and inconsistencies from the Upper Palatinate in the Sindlbach sports center. Neumarkt TV, October 31, 2016.
- ↑ Mittelbayerische.de: The culture award goes to Alois Achatz . In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . ( Mittelbayerische.de [accessed December 1, 2017]).
Web links
- Munich tower scribe
- Literature by and about Josef Fendl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heike Nasritdinova: Fendl, Josef . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fendl, Josef |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dialect poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönbühl , Straubing-Bogen district |