Munich tower scribe
The Münchner Turmschreiber are a group of renowned writers , playwrights , essayists , journalists , satirists , historians and professors living in southern Germany who were brought together by their interest in literature . Since the association was founded, over 93 authors have been allowed to count themselves among the tower writers, currently the group consists of 51 members.
The association is named after the left tower of the Munich Isartor , which houses the Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum . The group was founded in 1959 by Hanns Vogel together with seven other authors in the Valentinstüberl on the upper floor of the tower.
activities
The association deals with the literary genres of poetry , short stories, novels , satire , drama , theater , essays , history, science, books for children and young people. The group's activities concentrate on the maintenance of literature, especially of works that have been created and are being created in southern Germany. To do this, it uses the following measures, among others:
- Reading events, framed by music, in theaters, on the radio and on television, in libraries and cultural centers - as an individual reading or as a group reading with two to four clerks. The tower scribes hold readings, especially during Advent and Carnival .
- Book publications in various publishers - as individual publications, but also in collective works.
- Annual award of the Bavarian Poet Thaler to personalities and institutions who have made outstanding contributions to Bavarian culture. Previous winners since 1961 include personalities from Joseph Maria Lutz to Regensburger Domspatzen and Biermösl Blosn .
Members
It is not possible to apply for membership. It is only offered to selected writers at the decision of the tower scribe.
Current members
- Friedrich Ani
- Melanie Arzenheimer
- Werner Asam
- Margit Auer
- Gustl Bauer
- Monika Bittl
- Josef Brustmann
- Christian Bumillo Bumeder
- Alex Burkhard
- Klaus Eberlein
- Helmut Eckl
- Franz Eder
- Georg ("Grög!") Eggers
- Josef Fendl
- Walter Flemmer
- Karl Forster
- Hans Goettler
- Norbert Goettler
- Thomas Grasberger
- Michael Groißmeier
- Uwe-Michael Gutzschhahn
- Margret Hell
- Andreas Martin Hofmeir
- Gerd Holzheimer
- Gerald Huber
- Michaela Karl
- Tanja Kinkel
- Jürgen Kirner
- Jaromir Konecny
- Hans Kratzer
- Fitzgerald Kusz
- Katharina Lang
- Anton G. Leitner
- Gerhard Loew
- Jörg Maurer
- Karin Michalke
- Wolfgang Oppler
- Holger Paetz
- Monika Pauderer
- Maria Peschek
- Anatol Regnier
- Walter Rupp
- Martha Schad
- Hardy Sharp
- Asta disk
- Herbert Schneider
- Alfons Schweiggert
- Helmut Seitz
- Christian Springer
- Josef Steidle
- Michael Stephan
- Elisabeth Tworek
- Konstantin Wecker
- Gunna Wendt
- Angie Westhoff
- Josef Wittmann
- Moses Wolff
- Sabine Zaplin
Deceased members
- Leopold Ahlsen
- Manfred Bacher
- Wolfgang Johannes Bekh
- Hans Breinlinger
- Franz X. Breitenfellner
- Hans Fischach
- Günter Göpfert
- Hedi Heres
- Ernst Hoferichter
- Ludwig Hollweck
- Benno Hubensteiner
- Erich Jooss
- Leopold Kammerer
- Hannes King
- Martin Lankes
- Georg Lohmeier
- Joseph Maria Lutz
- Jutta Makowsky
- Fritz Meingast
- Robert Naegele
- Hans F. Nöhbauer
- Hans Pletzer
- Hans Prahofer
- Willy Purucker
- Wilhelm Raabe ( Tiger Willi )
- Carl Oskar Renner
- Wugg Retzer
- Franz Ringseis
- Herbert Rosendorfer
- Eugen Roth
- Herbert Schindler
- Werner Schlierf
- Ludwig scrap
- Rudolf Seitz
- Karl Spengler
- Bernhard Ücker
- Emil Vierlinger
- Hanns Vogel
- Anton Wandinger
- Oskar Weber
- Alois J. Weichselgartner
- Werner A. Widmann
- Kurt Wilhelm
management
- 1959 to 1979: Hanns Vogel
- 1979 to 2000: Kurt Wilhelm
- 2000 to 2011: Norbert Göttler, Erich Jooß, Alfons Schweiggert
- 2012 to 2017: Erich Jooß, Alfons Schweiggert, Jürgen Kirner (from 2015)
- Since 2017: Melanie Arzenheimer, Jürgen Kirner, Wolfgang Oppler