Paul Konrad Kurz

Paul Konrad Kurz (born April 8, 1927 in Schussenried ; † November 10, 2005 ) was a German writer .

Life

Paul Konrad Kurz grew up in Schussenried ; from 1939 he was a student at a boarding school in Nürtingen . In 1943 he was drafted as an anti-aircraft helper. After he had done his labor service, he began a course for officer candidates in December 1944 . At the end of March 1945 he was seriously wounded near Bad Mergentheim .

After his recovery and return home, Paul Konrad Kurz passed his school leaving examination and then joined the Jesuit order . He completed his novitiate in Pullach and then studied philosophy in Ireland from 1950 to 1953 and theology in Innsbruck from 1953 to 1957 ; He completed both courses with a licentiate degree . Kurz was ordained a priest and studied German and English from 1958 to 1964 at the University of Munich . He then worked there as a lecturer for modern German literature ; In 1967 he earned his doctorate in philosophy with a thesis on Heinrich Heine . In addition to his academic work, Kurz worked for the Catholic cultural magazine “ Voices of Time ”, wrote literary reviews for newspapers and magazines and gave lectures.

In 1972 Paul Konrad Kurz gave up the priesthood ; he resigned from the Jesuit order and married; the marriage resulted in two children. He now worked as a German teacher at a Munich grammar school and continued his literary criticism . Kurz, who last lived in Gauting , died of cancer from which he had suffered since 2000.

In addition to an extensive literary scholarly and critical work, Paul Konrad Kurz has published poems , mainly of a religious nature, since 1963 . In addition, he published anthologies with modern Christian literature.

Paul Konrad Kurz was a member of the PEN Center Germany and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts . In 1973 he received the critics' award “Die goldene Feder” , in 1985 the Günther-Klinge-Preis of the community of Gauting and in 2001 the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg .

Works

Publications in book form

• Because he is there , Munich 1963
• Who are you? , Munich 1964
• Against the Wall , Munich 1966
• Artist, Tribune, Apostle , Munich 1967
• About modern literature , Frankfurt am Main
  • 1 (1967)
  • 2 (1969)
  • 3 (1971)
  • 4 (1973)
  • 5. The rediscovery of the poetic , 1975
  • 6. On the literature of the late 1970s , 1979
  • 7. On the literature of the late 1970s , 1980
• Love is a shirt made of fire , Freiburg [u. a.] 1981
• Greek light , Bovenden 1985
• Between Resistance and Prosperity , Frankfurt am Main 1986
• Apocalyptic time , Frankfurt am Main 1987
• The earth is still breathing , Kevelaer 1987
• A large wing roof , Hauzenberg 1991
• Come into the open , Frankfurt am Main 1993
• The Bundle of God , Ostfildern 1994
• Der Fernnahe , Mainz 1994
• Easter Passion , Ostfildern, 1995
• God in modern literature , Munich 1996
• When the night becomes holy , Hauzenberg 1996
• Jeschua Jeschua , Zurich [u. a.] 1999
• The Pope is dancing , Munich 1999
• Maria Maria , Kevelaer 2002
• Our speech from God , Münster 2004
• See the pear tree in bloom , St. Ottilien 2005
• They run and jump and fly over , Ostfildern 2005
• Singing fills the air , Munich 2006
• Experiences of God , Munich 2006

Editing

• Psalms from Expressionism to the Present , Freiburg im Breisgau [u. a.] 1978
• Who owns the earth , Mainz 1984
• Hear god! , Zurich [u. a.] 1997
• I hear the heart of heaven , Düsseldorf 2003

Literature on Paul Konrad Kurz

• Lorenz Wachinger : Spiritual poetry in the modern age. Paul Konrad Kurz as a poet , in: Voices of the time . 231st Volume, 2013, Issue 4, pp. 279-282.

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Konrad Kurz in the catalog of the German National Library