Ludwig Homann
Ludwig Homann (born February 5, 1942 in Gläsersdorf , Silesia ) is a German writer .
Life
Ludwig Homann is the son of a Westphalian settler family who returned to Westphalia in 1946 after the Polish occupation of Silesia . Homann attended elementary school in Beckum from 1948 to 1956 and then did an agricultural apprenticeship in Senden . He then completed training for the police service and was a police officer in Ahlen from 1961 to 1963 . From 1963 to 1965 he attended evening grammar school in Frankfurt am Main , but dropped out of school and began to study literature and to write himself. From 1969 to 1970 he held to be aid workers of the DED in Tunisia on. From 1974 to 1981 he studied pedagogy in Münster . Homann completed his legal clerkship and passed the 2nd state examination for school service . After that, however, he only worked as a teacher for a short time; he gave up this profession in favor of literature. Since 1982 he has been living as a freelance writer in Glandorf / Osnabrück, Lower Saxony .
Ludwig Homann is the author of novels , most of which are set in his Westphalian homeland, and which focus on sober, detailed character studies of provincial residents.
Ludwig Homann received the Annette von Droste Hülshoff Prize in 1999 and the Art Prize of the Osnabrück Land Landscape Association in 2002 .
Works
- Stories from the Province , Frankfurt am Main 1968
- The black Hinnerich von Sünnig and his night walker , Frankfurt am Main 1970
- Beyond Lalligalli , Frankfurt am Main 1973
- The Peace Children , Weinheim / Bergstrasse 1983
- The star above the stars , Weinheim / Bergstrasse 1986
- Engelchen , Zurich 1994
- Ada Pizonka , Zurich 1995
- Klaus Ant , Zurich 1996
- The white Jew , Zurich 1998
- The Hun at the Gate , Zurich 2001
- Command the sea , Berlin 2006
- Angel and a sea-green bicycle , Bielefeld 2012
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Homann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ludwig Homann in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Interview with Ludwig Homann in the literary magazine Am Erker (1996)
- Profile on wlb-unna.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Homann, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gläsersdorf / Silesia |