Otto A. Böhmer
Otto A. Böhmer (born February 10, 1949 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber ) is a German writer.
Life
Böhmer grew up in Warendorf in the Münsterland and studied philosophy, political science, sociology and literature at the universities of Münster and Freiburg im Breisgau . He did his doctorate on Johann Gottlieb Fichte and worked from 1977 to 1986 as a lecturer for several publishers (including Brockhaus ).
He lives as a freelance writer, translator, radio writer, filmmaker and literary critic in Wöllstadt / Wetterau.
Böhmer is a member of the PEN Center Germany .
Awards
- 2001: Erich Fried Prize of the Republic of Austria
- 2002: Culture Prize for Literature
Books by Otto A. Böhmer
- The desire to stay. 1983, ISBN 978-3-7172-0325-4 .
- The Jesuit Castle. 1985, ISBN 978-3-471-77157-0 .
- The visibility of things. Poems 1990, ISBN 3-89151-103-5 .
- Lexicon of Poets. German-speaking authors from Roswitha von Gandersheim to Peter Handke.
- Great moments of philosophy. 1993/1994
- The Lord's Hammer. , The Other Library series , 1994/2000
- New great moments in philosophy. 1995
- Sofie's Lexicon. 1997
- Lady Rose. 1996
- When Schopenhauer started to slide. 1997
- Fogerty. 1998
- The young Herr Goethe. 1999
- Weimar delusion. 1999
- Great moments in literature. 2003
- Lexicon of Poets. 2004
- The hidden homesickness.
- Always home.
- Time of the beautiful shine.
- Why I am a destiny The life of Friedrich Nietzsche. 2004
- The donor. Recent historical novel. Weidle, Bonn 2006, ISBN 978-3-931135-97-3 .
- Joseph von Eichendorff. His life. Diogenes, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-257-23641-5 .
- When unity plays. Novel. Weidle, Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-938803-03-5 .
- Schopenhauer or the invention of age wisdom , CH Beck Verlag, Munich 2010 ISBN 978-3-406-60095-1 .
- Hegel & Hegel or the spirit of wine , narrative. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86351-017-6 .
- Next stop Himmelreich , Roman. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-86351-055-8 .
- Calwer Spring , novella. Edition Faust, Frankfurt / M. 2014, ISBN 978-3-9815893-9-9 .
Audio books
- Why I am a destiny The life of Friedrich Nietzsche
- Proven luck. The life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
- When man was man. Radiobiographies on Kant, Herder, Novalis
- In the great world clock. The life of Friedrich Schiller
- Nothing but a poet. The life of Heinrich Heine
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto A. Böhmer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author profile at HörZeichen
- Otto A. Böhmer in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Article by Otto A. Böhmer in the online magazine FAUST (including about Schopenhauer and Cioran)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Böhmer, Otto A. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothenburg ob der Tauber |