Josef Hoben

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Josef Hoben (born May 27, 1954 in Unterraderach , Bodenseekreis ; † November 26, 2012 ) was a German writer and literary historian .

Hoben grew up in today's sub-community Friedrichshafen , in Unter Raderach . After his childhood in the boarding school Bischöfliches Studienheim Regina Pacis , he completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk. He was a regular soldier, after which he did his secondary school diploma. He then studied German and history at the University of Konstanz and graduated with a master's degree (MA). After 4 years as a research assistant, he began to write, initially narrative experiments as well as topic-related anthologies for a church publisher, then he specialized in regional literary history and founded the small publisher "de scriptum". With Walter Neumann, he published the anthology "Landmarks. Sea Marks. Texts from the Meersburg Authors' Group." The volume "He, Patron!" Was dedicated to Martin Walser's 70th birthday .

In the last years of his life he worked as a teacher at the commercial high school in Ehingen. The author was state chairman of the Association of German Writers (VS) Baden-Württemberg until 2007 . He was the head of the Uhldingen-Mühlhofen Literature Forum , a member of the Meersburger Authors' Group, the 'Allmende' forum, the Robert Walser Society, the International Bodensee Club and the Association of German Writers.

Awards / Scholarships

  • 1995 scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
  • 1995 Working grant from the Association of German Writers
  • 1998 City Clerk of Soltau (Lüneburg Heath)
  • 2000/2001 scholarship from the Swiss group of authors Olten in Paris
  • 2001 Art Prize of the City of Friedrichshafen

Works

  • Mercystetten - Högyész: History of a village in "Swabian Turkey" . Uhldingen 1989
  • Högyész ( Tolnau ) in the 18th and 19th centuries . Munich 1990
  • Thomas Mann and his family at Lake Constance . Friedrichshafen 1991
  • Heinrich Hansjakob . The rebel in the cassock. A critical appraisal of the life and literary work of the former village pastor of Hagnau (1869-1884) , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , 109th year 1991, pp. 153-160 ( digitized version)
  • Heinrich Hansjakob. Rebel in the cassock . (= Literature of the Euregio; 1). Uhldingen 1994
  • Norbert Jacques. The inventor of the “Dr. Mabuse ” . Uhldingen 1994
  • Holiday pleasure . Stories. Uhldingen 1996
  • Nauwieser Notes / Estate Rescue . Narrative. Uhldingen 1996
  • Absolution . A novel. Tubingen 1998
  • Emanuel of Bodman. A poet of endangered happiness . Friedrichshafen 1998
  • Guesswork about happiness. Everyday stories . Tübingen 1999
  • Friedrichshafen - a lost cityscape . Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000
  • Friedrichshafen - turbulent times: the 50s . Gudensberg-Gleichen 2001

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Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME Lifted, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Unterraderach
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2012