Nikolaus Hein
Nikolaus Hein (also Nicolas ; born June 17, 1889 in Ehnen ; † October 7, 1969 in Luxemburg-Eich ) was a Luxembourg classical philologist , translator and local poet .
life and work
As the son of a winemaker, Hein spent his childhood in Ehnen. From 1901 he went to school in Luxembourg City. First up to the Abitur in 1908 on the Athenaeum, the last school year until 1909 he took Cours supérieurs, then studied German, classical philology and history for one year in Munich and two years until 1912 at the Sorbonne in Paris.
In 1910 he was one of the founding members of the Catholic Academic Association in Echternach , where he initially also taught, from 1915 onwards at the industrial and commercial school in Luxembourg. In 1914/15 he was also a lecturer at the newly founded girls' high school. After the First World War, Hein taught at the Athenaeum and from 1932 to 1939 he was court teacher of the Hereditary Prince Johann , who from 1934, however, spent his school days in a British boarding school. From 1918 to 1965 Hein worked as a translator and editor of the Chamber Court.
Hein was a great admirer of Goethe and devoted himself to Germanic culture in numerous works. In 1932 he took part in the 100th anniversary of his death in Weimar and gave two celebratory lectures in front of the Südwestdeutscher Rundfunkdienst . “Against the background of his classical aesthetic concept, he condemned the realistic and political literature of Group 47 . He felt obliged to Jakob Kneip , Stefan Andres , Hermann Kasack or Paul Noesen , Nicolas Margue and Max Goergen . "
Hein's poems about the native , naturally idyllic Moselle landscapes are characterized by impressionist and anti-modernist national identity as well as by awe of nature and its threat to civilization. He was certainly also influenced by his father's archaic winemaking profession. Politically and culturally, his preferences leaned somewhat more towards the German than the French cultural area. At first he did not see an independent Luxembourgish cultural identity. It was not until his first story De Blannen Theis , written in Luxembourgish , that he turned away from the German language in 1945. With Der Verräter , Hein took stock of the revolutionary upheavals from 1831 to 1839 in his home country. This story was awarded the Luxembourg Prix de littérature in 1947 and was made into a film in 1989 under the title De False Hond .
Awards
- Prix de littérature for his story The Traitor , 1947
- Rue Nicolas Hein street in Luxembourg City
- Memorial stone on the main street of Ehnen
Works (selection)
- Lights and sparks , Mertens, Luxembourg 1917
- Homecoming ,
- Goethe in Luxemburg Luxemburg, Industrie- u. Commercial school in 1925
- On the way , Luxembourg, The Circle of Friends 1939
- The fountain , Luxembourg, V. Buck 1955
- Small legacy , Luxembourg, de Frëndëskrees vol. 35 1971
- Gertrud. A Moselle novel , J. Groben, Ehnen 1999
literature
- Joseph Groben: The Moselle poet Nikolaus Hein (1889-1969) ; in: Nos cahiers , 20. Joer, 1999, issue 3 (Canton Gréiwemaacher); Pp. 9-45.
- Edouard Marc Kayser: Nicolas Hein 1889-1969 in: 400 Joer Kolléisch , Volume II, pp. 361–362; Sankt-Paulus Verlag, Luxembourg, 2003. ISBN 2-87963-419-9 .
Web links
- Nikolaus Hein in the Luxembourg authors' lexicon
- Nikolaus Hein in the German Literature Lexicon : Wilhelm Kosch : The 20th Century , Volume 15 Walter de Gruyter, 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-023691-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Claude D. Conter: Nikolaus Hein , Center national de littérature, Mersch.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hein, Nikolaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hein, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Luxembourg classical philologist and local poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ehnen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th October 1969 |
| Place of death | Luxembourg oak |