Manfred Ach (writer)

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Manfred Ach (2013)

Manfred Ach (born November 21, 1946 in Grünwald im Isar Valley) is a German writer and publisher.

Life

Manfred Ach studied German , philosophy and theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He was a full-time teacher for 33 years, 30 of which he worked in the school management of a grammar school. He exercised part-time and honorary activities, u. a. 15 years in the editorial office of a monthly educational magazine and 15 years on the board of the “Parents' Initiative to Help Against Mental Dependence and Religious Extremism”. He lives in Bavaria and Vienna .

Ach has been a writer since 1964. The literary focus is on poetry , short prose and aphorisms . His first volume of poetry was published in 1967. By 2019, Ach had published over 200 books and media of his own. In addition, he published 1,600 articles in 545 print media ( anthologies , books , newspapers , magazines and text books ).

In 1976, Ach was a co-founder of the publishing house of the Working Group for Religious and Weltanschauungsfragen (ARW), which he has run alone since 1991. The ARW publishes source material on pseudosciences , religious fringe groups, extremist cults, ideological sects and ideological fundamentalisms as well as "critical and apologetic literature and curiosities from the underground of the West". Ach has edited around 300 titles by other authors in the ARW. He himself also contributed non-fiction books and published his monk notes there in 72 episodes.

After Vienna became his preferred place of residence, he became a member of the Graz authors' assembly in 2009 .

In 2018 the Society for Contemporary Poetry e. V. (GZL) an exhibition of his books in the House of Books in Leipzig.

Publications

Book publications (selection)

  • Panoramic. A selection of publications in magazines, anthologies and literary forums 2012-2018. Bavaria / Vienna 2018 (Edition Ludwig im Tale)
  • Banality and barbarism. Michael Heininger: Drawings. Manfred Ach: Foreword and aphorisms. Munich 2017 (Verlag Christoph Dürr)
  • How Hitler became what he was. The current finding. Munich 2016 (Documentation Edition of the ARW)
  • Cracker. Affos. Vienna 2015 (publishing house Hernals)
  • Yours truly Aphorisms. Aachen 2012 (Shaker Media)
  • For me (Volumes 1–12). Munich 2011/12 (Edition Ludwig im Tale)
  • The necrodile. How Hitler became what he was. Munich 2010 (Irmin edition of the ARW)
  • Hey joe Prose. Augsburg 2008 (Maro Verlag)
  • At the table of longing. Poems. With pictures of Orsa. Munich 2004 (Edition Ludwig im Tale)
  • Got to the edge. Poems. Munich 2003 (Edition Ludwig im Tale)
  • Twice. Prose. Munich 2002 (Edition Ludwig im Tale)
  • Cadavre exquis or corpus delicti. With cartoons by Michael Heininger. Munich 2002 (Verlag der Galerie Christoph Dürr)
  • The embarrassed silence. Poems. Munich 2001 (Hagen Verlag)
  • WerkStattRicht. Prose. Augsburg 1998 (Maro Verlag)
  • Hello Vienna. Poetry and prose. Munich 1997 (Edition Ludwig im Tale)
  • Cranial lesson. Prose, with pictures by Wolfgang Krinninger. Munich 1996 (Attila Maria Edition)
  • With angel's tongue. Tanka chains. Munich 1996 (Edition Ludwig im Tale)
  • Fractal fables. Three endless texts. Munich 1995 (Hagen Verlag)
  • Stories from the world of wells. Prose. Munich 1994 (Attila Maria Edition)
  • Hussar pieces. Hand strokes in prose and verse. Munich 1992 (Hagen Verlag)
  • View over the hill of Venus. Speaking piece. With Benedikt Kronenbitter and Anton Wallner. Munich 1992 (Medusa Verlag)
  • Ignition syllables. 100 haiku, with 50 matchstick pictures by Ugo Dossi. Munich 1991 (Hagen Verlag)
  • Old photos. Prose. Augsburg 1990 (Maro Verlag)
  • The colorful skirt is dangerous. 40 poems. Munich 1990 (Hagen Verlag)
  • Tongue salad / witty litanies. With cartoons by Michael Heininger. Munich 1990 (Hagen Verlag)
  • The sky alphabet. 72 poems. Munich 1989 (Nada edition of ARW)
  • Joris-Karl Huysmans and the occult decadence. With Johannes Jörgensen. Munich 1980 (Nada edition by ARW)
  • Underground. Selected poems 1964-1974. Augsburg 1979 (Maro Verlag)
  • Anarchism. Munich 1979 (EPV-Verlag)
  • Percussion. Long poem for Pietro Valpreda. Hamburg 1977 (Edition Nautilus)
  • You can recognize John by the man's nose. Cartoons: Michael Heininger. Munich 1975 (Georg Lentz Verlag)
  • Best recommendations. Poems from '68 and after. Hamburg 1974 (MaD Verlag Lutz Schulenburg)
  • Counter notices. Lyric Parodies, ed. together with Manfred Bosch . Atelier Verlag, Andernach 1974.
  • Moratorium. Prose. With 38 illustrations by the author. Augsburg 1973 (Maro Verlag)
  • Undine. Poetry. Graphics by Winfrid Jerney. Collages: Oh and Jerney. Munich 1967

Picture & sound (selection)

  • High priest. CD. With Peter Frohmader (music) and Mathias Erbe (booklet). Munich 2008 (Nekropolisrecords)
  • With my mouth's drum. Manfred Ach reads litanies. CD, Munich 2007
  • Jazz to prose. Manfred Ach reads “Zwiefacher” (with Constanze Pabst). At the piano: Wendl hot. Double CD, Munich 2006
  • WerkStattRicht. Double CD. Staged reading. Different ateliers Vienna 2005
  • believe it or not. A poetic performance by Manfred Ach. DVD. Production: Wolfgang Neugebauer. Munich 2005
  • Artificial snow. Live recording of a reading by Manfred Ach. DVD. Production by Wolfgang Neugebauer. Munich 2005
  • The story of the bible. The Old Testament in an adaptation for children. 9 LPs / cassettes. Munich 1973f (Ariola)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Own biographical and journalistic documentation "Von mir aus", Volumes 1–12.
personal data
SURNAME Oh, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünwald in the Isar Valley