Lutz van Dijk

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Lutz van Dijk (2007)

Lutz van Dijk (until 1992 Lutz van Dick ; born August 7, 1955 in West Berlin ) is a German-Dutch author , historian and educator . Today he lives in Amsterdam and Cape Town .

Life

Lutz van Dijk first worked as a special school teacher , then as an author. Today he lives in Amsterdam and Cape Town. Van Dijk took Dutch citizenship .

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His dissertation at the University of Hamburg dealt with the subject of "Oppositional Teacher Behavior 1933–1945".

Van Dijk was involved in nationwide educational peace congresses and later international peace congresses, including in Budapest , Copenhagen and Paris . His books deal with National Socialism and homosexuality or the connection between the two topics. He has also been publishing children's books since 2018

At the beginning of 2001 Lutz van Dijk, together with the South African Karin Chubb and other activists, founded the aid organization HOKISA ( acronym for Homes for Kids in South Africa ) in a township near Cape Town, which cares for children and young people who have lost their parents to AIDS or who have infected themselves are. In 2002 the first HOKISA home was opened near Cape Town.

Awards and nominations

  • 1992: Hans im Glück Prize
  • 1997: Youth Literature Award, Namibia
  • 2001: Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize
  • 2002: Best non-fiction book of the year (Children's Book Forum)
  • 2003: Rosa Courage Prize, Osnabrück
  • 2007: Disa Order of the Province of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • 2009: Honorary Professorship in Poetics, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
  • 2014: Citizen of the Year (Lions Club International, Namibia and South Africa)

Works (selection)

  • Alternative schools. Reinbek 1979 (as Lutz van Dick), several new editions.
  • Learning in the Peace Movement 1984. (as Lutz van Dick), updated new edition 1987.
  • Revolt in the Promised Land. Exploring the Intifada. Hamburg 1989 (as Lutz van Dick).
  • Enemies for life? Reinbek 1989, several new editions.
  • Damn strong love. A true story. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1991 (new edition: Berlin 2015).
  • A full life - nevertheless ... memories of homosexuals 1933-1945. Reinbek 1992.
  • The dream of the rainbow. South Africa's youth between anger and hope. Reinbek 1999 (with Karin Chubb)
  • The history of the Jews. Frankfurt / Main 2001 (new edition: 2008).
  • No trace of skinheads. Munich 2002.
  • The assassin. Herschel Grynszpan and the 1938 pogrom. Munich 2003 (new edition: Essen 2018).
  • I've never been lonely ... - gays under the swastika. Afterword by Wolfgang Popp. Berlin 2003, updated new edition (with Günter Grau), Berlin 2012.
  • Themba . Munich 2006.
  • Life to the end. Munich 2007.
  • The story of love and sex. Frankfurt / Main 2007.
  • For life and death. How to die in the world. Gütersloh 2010.
  • Romeo and Jabulile. Wuppertal 2010.
  • African Kids - A South African township tour. Wuppertal 2012.
  • Africa - the history of a colorful continent. Wuppertal 2015.
  • “Finally the courage ...” Letters from Stefan T. Kosinski (1925-2003). Berlin 2015.
  • Mbongi's way to school. A story from South Africa. Frankfurt / M. 2018.

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personal data
SURNAME Dijk, Lutz van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Dutch writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH West Berlin