Reinhard Bernhof

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Reinhard Bernhof (born June 6, 1940 in Breslau ) is a German poet and writer .

Reinhard Bernhof (2016)

Life

Bernhof was born in Breslau. After fleeing from Silesia in 1945, he came to the Ruhr area. After attending school, he completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith in Duisburg from 1955 to 1958 . There he was one of the initiators of the Easter marches to Dortmund . In 1963 he moved to the GDR for family reasons . From 1965 to 1967 he studied at the "Johannes R. Becher" Institute for Literature in Leipzig and has since worked as a freelance writer. He published his first volume of poetry in 1973 under the title Die Kuckuckspfeife in Kinderbuchverlag Berlin . In 1974, the Aufbau-Verlag published a volume of poetry, What I know, Spain is much more ... Further poetry volumes in the Aufbau-Verlag: Landwechsel (1977), The attack of the ivy (1982), Leipzig - Hauptbahnhof (1986). In the universal library at Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig was edited in 1987 by Bernhof of the anthology Daily Utopia . In 1977 the children's book series “Trumpeter Books ” included his story Ben sucht die Quelle . The Postreiter Verlag Halle ad Saale first published its stories about flight and expulsion Die Ameisenstraße (1988), which immediately received three additional editions and in 1990 was awarded the Lynx of the Month, No. 42 (DIE ZEIT). In 1990 the Pirckheimer-Gesellschaft eV Leipzig published his poem Siegersturz . In 1988/90 he and Sylvia Kabus published three issues of the illegal literary magazine Umweltblätter , which was re-published in autumn 2009 as a reprint by Leipziger Literaturverlag.

In 1989, Bernhof was one of the first five contacts and co-founders of the "New Forum" . In 1992, Bernhof was elected chairman of the Leipzig Writers' Association; at the same time he was a co-founder of the Leipzig Literature Office a. a. literary associations and participated in the First Alternative Book Fair in Leipzig in 1990. In 1993, Bernhof taught at Grinnell College in Iowa (USA).

He published essays on the Leipzig Revolution under the title The Leipzig Protocols in Halle (2006). From 2006 to 2015, Bernhof was the author of the Plöttner Verlag in Leipzig.

Publications (selection)

  • Extension of the Leipzig Protocols in Autumn Marathon - Interiors of a Revolution (2006). Plöttner Verlag Leipzig: ISBN 3-938442-13-1
  • Escape Child (2006). Novel in episodes. Leipziger Literaturverlag: ISBN 3-86660-003-8
  • The Seater (2009). A German drama. Plöttner Verlag Leipzig: ISBN 978-3-938442-66-1
  • In the shadow of the colossal figures (2009). Basic documents, essays on the Peaceful Revolution, together with Silke Brohm. Leipziger Literaturverlag: ISBN 978-3-86660-081-2
  • Environment sheets (2009). Reprint of an illegal literary magazine from 1988/89, together with Sylvia Kabus. Leipziger Literaturverlag: ISBN 978-3-86660-082-9
  • Because of silence, I show myself (2010). Archeology of Words Once Buried. Plöttner Verlag Leipzig: ISBN 978-3-938442-74-6
  • Love fish . Series: "Zeitzeichen", Aschersleben 2003, ISBN 3-9808479-4-2 . (Poems)
  • The ant route . Postreiter-Verlag, Halle 1988, ISBN 3-7421-0144-7 . (Children's and youth literature)
  • The attack of the ivy . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin and Weimar 1982. (poems)
  • "Daily Utopia". Reclam Leipzig (poems)
  • Escape child or the long shadows of the dead locomotives . Edition Erata, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-86660-003-8 . (Novel in episodes.)
  • Autumn marathon. Interiors of a revolution . Plöttner Verlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-938442-13-1 .
  • Children's moments . Plöttner Verlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-938442-08-5 . (Stories for children.)
  • Gold rush country. Ground poetry . Plöttner Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-938442-25-8
  • "Poetry album 331. Märkischer Verlag, Wilhelmshorst 2017 ISSN 1865-5874
  • "Unknown trip to Irkutsk". (2017). Leipziger Literaturverlag: ISBN 978-3-86660-223-6

Anthologies and literary journals (selection)

Prices

  • Lynx of the Month, No. 42, 1990 (DIE ZEIT)
  • Louis Fürnberg Prize, 1976

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leipziger Literaturverlag 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 794 kB)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.erata.de  
  2. ↑ Reinhard Bernhof: "Cracks in the cemented thoughts" ( Memento from October 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) In: MDR Figaro from October 4, 2004
personal data
SURNAME Bernhof, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw