Peter Bornhöft

Peter Bornhöft (born November 5, 1936 in Rostock ) is a German writer and poet.

Life

From 1958 to 1964 Bornhöft studied German and history in Münster and Tübingen . Between 1968 and 2000 he worked as a teacher at the Max-Planck-Gymnasium in Bielefeld .

The first literary publications came in 1985, initially in several magazines. The first book follows in 1990 ( somewhere is somewhere else ).

In 1993 he received the third prize of the Lyrischer Oktober club in Bayreuth . In the same year he became a member of the Association of German Writers (VS).

Bornhöft is the author of the artist magazine Labyrinth (since 1996) and the art edition Deböx (since 2000); in addition, he has been co-editor of the literary magazine Tentakel since 2007 .

Peter Bornhöft lives and works in Bielefeld.

Works

prose

• Excitement and numbness. Approaching the world of feelings - an attempt. 2012
• Time change. Stories. Wall: Rottenburg 2005.
• The mysteries of the body. About sleep, love, immersion and death. An essay. Snayder: Paderborn 1997.
• Somewhere is elsewhere. Prose. Views Published by Werther 1990.

Poetry

• Letters from Adrasan. Poems. Blaetterhaus: Tharand 2010.
• Why we live like this. Poems. AT Edition: Münster 2003.
• Walk across the water. Love poems. Snayder: Paderborn 1995.

Children's / youth book

• The fatal error. Edition nove: Neckenmarkt 2008.
• Ariane speaks to the moon. Children's book. Wall: Rottenburg 2004.

Inclusion in anthologies (selection)

• in: The angel next to you. Edited by Hans Stempel and Martin Ripkens. dtv: Munich 2002.
• in: New poetry album . Edited by Ralph Grüneberger ; Issues 01/2008, 01/2009, 02/2011.

literature

• Kürschner's German literary calendar. Edited by W. Schuder. Berlin, New York 1998.

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Bornhöft in the catalog of the German National Library
• Peter Bornhöft in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• Personal description at the Westphalian Literature Office