Rudolf Hartung (writer)

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Rudolf Hartung (2nd from left), 1961

Rudolf Hartung (born December 9, 1914 in Munich , † February 19, 1985 in Berlin ) was a German poet, writer and literary critic.

Life and literary creation

Hartung studied psychology, philosophy and new German literary history in Munich. He moved to Berlin in 1955 and edited the “Neue Deutsche Hefte” together with Joachim Günther there until 1961 . From 1963 to 1979 he was co-editor and editor-in-chief of the Neue Rundschau . The "Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts" recognized him for the "special productivity of an editorial work" with a literature prize in 1970.

In his numerous literary essays and dialogues, his interpretations were often based on the writers' letters and diaries without prejudice. He dealt with the works of Gottfried Benn , Johannes Bobrowski , Elias Canetti , Paul Celan , James Joyce and Franz Kafka , among others .

Award (selection)

Works

  • Return of the lyric. Critical Dialogues 1963–1979 . Edited by Bernhard Albers and Reinhard. Rimbaud , Aachen 1996. ISBN 3-89086-816-9
  • Elias Canetti. A recipient and his author. A documentation . Rimbaud, Aachen 1992. ISBN 3-89086-885-1
  • Against a green backdrop. All the poems . Rimbaud, Aachen 1990. ISBN 3-89086-928-9
  • Another year. Diary notes 1968–1974 . Epilogue: Elias Canetti. Hanser, Vienna and Munich 1982. ISBN 3-446-13541-3
  • Critical dialogues . S. Fischer, Frankfurt / M. 1973. ISBN 3-10-028801-7
  • From Witold Gombrowicz's diary . (Selected and edited by Rudolf Hartung). DTV, Munich 1966
  • Berlin writes here today. An anthology . List, Munich 1963
  • Panorama of modern poetry. Poems d. 20th century in translations . (Editor, with Günther Steinbrinker). S. Mohn, Gütersloh 1960
  • Against a green backdrop. Poems . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne and Berlin 1959
  • Poetry of our time . (Editor, with Joachim Günther). Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1957
  • About naive and reflective experience . Munich 1943

Individual proof

  1. ^ Quote from the laudation for the award ceremony, Munich 1970

literature

  • Franz Lennartz: "German writers of the 20th century in the mirror of criticism". Vol. 2. Kröner, Stuttgart 1984. ISBN 3-520-82101-X

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personal data
SURNAME Hartung, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 19th February 1985
Place of death Berlin