Manfred Bosch

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Manfred Bosch (born October 16, 1947 in Bad Dürrheim ) is a German writer , literary historian, editor and publicist.

Life

Bosch grew up in Bad Dürrheim and Radolfzell on Lake Constance. After graduating from high school, he did community service in a retirement home in Munich and broke off his studies in sociology and German studies in favor of freelance writing and journalism. He lives in Constance.

Sociopolitical commentator

Since 1969 he has published volumes of poetry and books on social and cultural-political issues, worked in the editorial department of the journal Publication and published numerous essays, articles and reviews in magazines ( Frankfurter Hefte , Neue Rundschau ), newspapers ( Süddeutsche Zeitung , Frankfurter Rundschau , Darmstädter Echo , Die Tat, Deutsche Volkszeitung ), literary magazines (Die Horen , literary booklets) and broadcasters.

True to the Alemannic dialect

In the second half of the 1970s he contributed to the renewal of dialect literature with four Alemannic volumes of poetry. With his volume Wa should au die Leit think. In 1983 he stopped publishing his last Alemannic poems in dialect. After moving from Bavaria to southern Baden (1980 Rheinfelden , 1997 Lörrach , 2008 Konstanz ), he shifted more and more to contemporary and literary historical depictions of the German southwest with a focus on Lake Constance.

Rediscover forgotten authors

At the same time as the founding and editing of the allende magazine for literature published by Martin Walser , Adolf Muschg , Hermann Bausinger , André Weckmann and others , Bosch published numerous anthologies , books and editions of works by contemporary and forgotten authors and was editor of book series for G. Braun , Karlsruhe.

Documentary of the Southwest

In 1985 he published Als die Freiheit untergang , a book about denial, resistance and persecution in southern Baden during the time of National Socialism . In 1988 the book The New Beginning followed about the time from 1945-1950 in South Baden . It documents the events of the French occupation , currency reform and the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Bosch also organized numerous exhibitions - for example on behalf of the state of Baden-Württemberg for the Johann Peter Hebel Prize 1936–1988, the cities of Freiburg im Breisgau , Constance and Überlingen , the Gottlieben literature house and the Hermann Hesse Höri Museum in Gaienhofen .

Bosch works for the biographical series published by the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg and was the first chairman of the literary society Forum Allmende until 2013 . He is a literary historian for the literary landscape of Lake Constance, Vorarlberg, Markgräflerland, Upper Rhine and Wiesental. His 1997 book Bohème am Bodensee. Literary life on the lake from 1900 to 1959 highlights Lake Constance as a region and presents essays from 1900 to 1950.

Awards

Works and publications

(in chronological order)

In Alemannic

  • Uf the day was i. Self published in 1976.
  • I hond no gnueg am Aalte. Self published in 1978.
  • You are a nice company to me. Self published in 1980.
  • What should you think about? Self-published in 1983.
  • Wha witt no meh. Alemannic poems. Editor: Sigmund Kopitzki, Gmeiner Verlag, Meßkirch 2019, ISBN 978-3-8392-6078-4 .

In written German

The literary work of Manfred Bosch was detailed in the appendix to the book: Siegmund Kopitzki and Inga Pohlmann (eds.): Manfred Bosch - literary secretary of the region. Documented a gift of friendship .

  • the egg. Munich, Maistraßenpresse 1969
  • Concrete poetry. Bonn - Bad Godesberg, Amoeba Press 1969
  • One foot in the door. Epigrams. Maistraßenpresse, Euphorion Verlag 1970
  • All heroes. Western poems. Henstedt-Rhen. Henstedter Handdruck Verlag 1971
  • mordio & cetera. Munich, Relief-Verlag-Eilers 1971
  • pure heroes. new western poems. Erlangen / Berlin Verlag Klaus Renner 1975
  • with Klaus Konjetzky : Who is he writing for? Conversations with reading workers; Authors comment. Piper, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-492-00355-9
  • Treat people as if they are human. Manager literature, a documentary analysis. Raith, Starnberg 1974, ISBN 3-921121-71-X
  • with Hans-Dieter Bamberg: manual group work. For apprentices, students, workers, unions, teachers. Weismann, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-921040-22-1
  • with Joachim Hossfeld: Stories from the Province. Damnitz, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-88112-076-9
  • The candidate FJ Strauss. 14 letters to a young voter about defending our democratic possibilities. Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-7609-0496-3
  • When freedom fell A documentation about refusal, resistance and persecution in the Third Reich in southern Baden. Südkurier, Konstanz 1985, ISBN 3-87799-042-8
  • As guests of our enemies. Report from a trip to the Soviet Union. Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7609-1057-2
  • The new beginning. From the German post-war period South Baden 1945–1950. Südkurier, Konstanz 1988, ISBN 3-87799-079-7
  • The Johann Peter Hebel Prize 1936–1988. A documentation. Waldkircher Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-87885-170-7
  • with Karl-Heinz Raach: Lake Constance. Ellert and Richter, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-89234-090-0
  • What more do you want Epigrams. INFO-Verlagsgesellschaft, Karlsruhe 1991, ISBN 3-88190-118-3
  • with Jost Grosspietsch: Jacob Picard . 1883-1967. Poet of German rural Jewry. Catalog for the exhibition of the same name in the former Sulzburg synagogue. Faude, Konstanz 1992, ISBN 3-922305-24-5
  • Marble and other cliffs. The literary scene in Überlingen in the 1940s. De Scriptum, Uhldingen 1996, ISBN 3-931071-06-5
  • “I want to go outdoors.” Harriet Straub - Hedwig Mauthner and the Glaserhäusle in Meersburg. German Schiller Society, Marbach 1996, ISBN 3-929146-51-7
  • Max Barth . 1896-1970. Catalog for the exhibition on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Cultural Office of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau, 1996, ISBN 3-86142-077-5
  • Bohème on Lake Constance. Literary life on the lake from 1900 to 1959. Libelle, Lengwil 1997, ISBN 3-909081-75-4
  • Stayed here or home and other imaginations. Essays, portraits, essays and speeches from twenty years. Edition Isele, Eggingen 1997, ISBN 3-86142-098-8
  • with Adelheid Enderle, Heinz Fricker & Reinhard Valenta: The Upper Rhine. Landscape and everyday life in old photographs. Braun, Karlsruhe 1997, ISBN 3-7650-8157-4
  • From scare to the theater visionary: Moritz Lederer. European cross-border commuter from Mannheim. A biographical sketch. v. Brandt, Mannheim 1999, ISBN 3-926260-43-2
  • About Bruno Epple and his painting. For the opening of the Bruno Epple exhibition on October 6, 2001 in the Villa Bosch, Radolfzell on Lake Constance. Gessler, Friedrichshafen 2001, ISBN 3-86136-068-3
  • KulturLand. The development of art and culture in the 20th century in Baden-Württemberg and its predecessor states. An annotated documentation. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2000
  • "Heart on the waist". Curt Weller , the discoverer of Erich Kästner , in Horn on Lake Constance. German Schiller Society, Marbach 2003, ISBN 3-933679-81-8
  • "Glad for the beautiful seclusion". Hans Leip at Lake Constance. German Schiller Society, Marbach 2004, ISBN 3-933679-98-2
  • “Das Bodenseebuch.” On the history of a cross-border yearbook (1914–1965). Edition Isele, Eggingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-86142-388-1
  • Time of great need. The early years of Südverlag in Konstanz, 1945 to 1952. UVK-Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2009, ISBN 978-3-86764-062-6
  • with Oswald Burger : "It was a dream of a life again". Fate of Jewish farmers on Lake Constance 1930-1960. UVK-Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2015, ISBN 978-3-86764-630-7
  • The Manns at Lake Constance. Südverlag GmbH, Konstanz 2018, ISBN 978-3-87800-112-6 .
  • Constance literary. Attempt a topography. UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Konstanz 2019. ISBN 978-3-86764-890-5 .
Editing
  • Example sentences. A literary detox. Raith, Starnberg 1972, ISBN 3-921121-35-3
  • Epigrams. Political short poems. Achenbach, Lollar 1975, ISBN 3-87958-402-8
  • Cultural work. Attempts and models of democratic cultural mediation. pedagogik-extra-Buchverlag, Frankfurt 1977, ISBN 3-921450-38-1
  • Dialect literature. Texts from 6 centuries. Diesterweg, Frankfurt / Berlin / Munich 1979, ISBN 3-425-06238-7
  • Never again! Texts against the war. Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne 1981, ISBN 3-7609-0596-X ; 2nd revised edition: ibid. 1982, ISBN 3-7609-0671-0
  • "... You Land of Bavaria". A political-historical reader. Pahl-Rugenstein, Cologne 1983, ISBN 3-7609-0764-4
  • The end of patience. 55 addresses to the rule. Elster-Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1986, ISBN 3-89151-025-X
  • Max Barth : Escape into the world. Exile memories 1933–1950. Waldkircher Verlagsgesellschaft, Waldkirch 1986, ISBN 3-87885-129-4
  • Max Picard : Like an acrobat's last plate ... A selection from the work. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-7039-X
  • With the typesetting machine in opposition. Selection from Erich Schairer's Sunday newspaper 1920–1933. With a foreword by Gordon A. Craig . Elster, Moos / Baden-Baden 1989, ISBN 3-89151-085-3
  • Childhood traces. Literary evidence from the southwest. Braun, Karlsruhe 1991, ISBN 3-7650-8085-3
  • Jacob Picard : works. Two volumes. Faude, Konstanz 1991, ISBN 3-922305-48-2
  • with Peter Salomon : Otto Ehinger. Lawyer, writer, mayor - but above all independent. A selection of his stories. Edition Isele, Eggingen 1994, ISBN 3-86142-030-9
  • with Norbert Heukäufer: "Catch up, Europe, silver chips fly!" Eduard Reinacher (1892–1968) - a life mirrored by work and friendships. Edition Isele, Eggingen 1995, ISBN 3-86142-031-7
  • “What is the expiration date today?” A portrait of the poet Peter Salomon at the age of fifty. Edition Isele, Eggingen 1997, ISBN 3-86142-094-5
  • “Why is Ms. Bichler yelling at Ms. Kirkowski like that?” Literary texts from the Lörrach area. Lutz, Lörrach 2000, ISBN 3-922107-52-4
  • “All of our paths lead across Lake Constance.” A landscape and its people in the literature of the 20th century. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2000, ISBN 3-86142-176-3
  • Alemannic Judaism. Traces of a lost culture. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2001, ISBN 3-86142-146-1
  • (with Agathe Kunze) Erich Schairer : “I'm a journalist, nothing more.” A life in letters. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2002, ISBN 3-87407-532-X
  • Manfred Bosch - Poets' Life on Lake Constance. Afterword Helmut Weidhase. Huber, Frauenfeld / Stuttgart / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7193-1271-2
  • with Barbara Zoch Michel: "And you want to become a painter ...?" Barbara Michel-Jaegerhuber - life and work. Gessler, Friedrichshafen 2002, ISBN 3-86136-074-8
  • Tami Oelfken : Drive through the chaos. A log from times of war. Libelle, Lengwil 2003, ISBN 3-909081-38-X
  • Robert Reitzel : "I just want to sleep on one ear so I don't miss a wake-up call to freedom ..." Selection of works. Kramer, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-87956-292-X
  • Bruno Epple - the poet. To vita and work. Edition Isele, Eggingen 2005, ISBN 3-86142-374-X
  • with Ulrich Gaier, Wolfgang Rapp, Peter Schneider & Wolfgang Schürle : Schwabenspiegel. Literature from the Neckar to Lake Constance 1800 to 1950. 4 volumes. Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke, 2006, ISBN 3-937184-03-1
  • "All this character formation was not in vain". Memories of the Schloss Salem School. With short biographies and excerpts from the memories of former students. Senn, Tettnang 2009, ISBN 978-3-88812-219-4
  • Upper Rhine stories. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-940086-47-1
  • Kurt Badt : "I love the place where I lived". Memories of Lake Constance. UVK, Konstanz / Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86764-358-0
  • with Siegmund Kopitzki: Race against the shadow. The case of (of) Wilhelm von Scholz . UVK, Konstanz / Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-86764-384-9
Articles available online
  • The long road to modernity - literature in the German Lake Constance area after 1945 between restoration and departure. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 122nd year, 2004, pp. 159–179 ( digitized version )
  • "I love the place where I lived". Unknown biographical evidence from art collectors and art scholars on Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 125th year, 2007, pp. 171–197 ( digitized version )
  • "All this character formation was not in vain". The Salem pedagogy as reflected in the memory literature of alumni. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 127th year, 2009, pp. 181–191 ( digitized version )
  • Liberation from dogmas. Pastor Jakobus Weidenmann and his 1923 speech on the "unbound God-seeker" Fritz Mauthner. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. 129th year, 2011, pp. 235–245 ( digitized version )

literature

  • Inga Pohlmann: Radolfzeller dialect literature - Manfred Bosch. In: City of Radolfzell on Lake Constance, Department of City History (ed.): From Alefanz to Zeno. Customs in Radolfzell. (= Series of publications on the history of the city of Radolfzell on Lake Constance. Volume 2). Verlag Stadler, Konstanz 2016, ISBN 978-3-7977-0726-0 , pp. 109-114.
  • Siegmund Kopitzki and Inga Pohlmann (eds.): Manfred Bosch - literary secretary of the region. A gift of friendship. Südverlag Konstanz GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-87800-107-2 .
  • Elmar Vogt: In honor of Manfred Bosch ... Attempt to honor his literary work on his 70th birthday. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 2018, pp. 182–190

Exhibitions

  • September 10 - November 12, 2017: Hesse Museum Gaienhofen, Manfred Bosch - literary secretary of the region.

archive

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Inga Pohlmann: Manfred Bosch. An overview. In: Siegmund Kopitzki and Inga Pohlmann (eds.): Manfred Bosch - literary secretary of the region. A gift of friendship. Südverlag Konstanz GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-87800-107-2 . Pp. 52-78.
  2. ↑ http://www.dasoertliche.de/?choose=true&page=0&context=0&action=43&topKw=0&form_name=search_nat&zvo_ok=0&book=477&kw=Manfred+Bosch&ci=Konstanz
  3. ^ Inga Pohlmann: Radolfzeller dialect literature - Manfred Bosch. In: City of Radolfzell on Lake Constance, Department of City History (ed.): From Alefanz to Zeno. Customs in Radolfzell. (= Series of publications on the history of the city of Radolfzell on Lake Constance. Volume 2). Verlag Stadler, Konstanz 2016, ISBN 978-3-7977-0726-0 , pp. 109-114.
  4. ↑ Elmar Vogt: »Seen as a whole« - or: »I think of Lake Constance ...« - in honor of Manfred Bosch. In: “Badische Heimat”, December 2017, pp. 538–545.
  5. ↑ Elmar Vogt: »Seen as a whole« - or: »I think of Lake Constance ...« - in honor of Manfred Bosch. In: “Badische Heimat”, December 2017, pp. 538–545.
  6. ^ Inga Pohlmann: Manfred Bosch. An overview. In: Siegmund Kopitzki and Inga Pohlmann (eds.): Manfred Bosch - literary secretary of the region. A gift of friendship. Südverlag Konstanz GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-87800-107-2 . P. 61.
  7. ^ Alemannic Literature Prize. City of Waldshut-Tiengen, archived from the original on May 4, 2013 ; accessed on January 16, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Ekkehard Faude: Laudation for Manfred Bosch on the occasion of the award of the Culture Prize of the Art and Culture Foundation of the Lake Constance District , Salem Castle, May 30, 2008. Libelle Verlag, Lengwil am Bodensee, 2008.
  9. ^ Siegmund Kopitzki and Inga Pohlmann (eds.): Manfred Bosch - literary secretary of the region. A gift of friendship. Südverlag Konstanz GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-87800-107-2 . Bibliography pp. 233-238.
  10. ↑ Peter Salomon: On Manfred Bosch's early poetry. In: Siegmund Kopitzki and Inga Pohlmann (eds.): Manfred Bosch - literary secretary of the region. A gift of friendship. Südverlag Konstanz GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-87800-107-2 . Bibliography pp. 111-116.
  11. ↑ Jürgen Thaler: Manfred Bosch, literature detective and note maker. In: Siegmund Kopitzki and Inga Pohlmann (eds.): Manfred Bosch - literary secretary of the region. A gift of friendship. Südverlag Konstanz GmbH, 2017, ISBN 978-3-87800-107-2 . Pp. 177-181.
personal data
SURNAME Bosch, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Durrheim