Udo Aschenbeck

Udo Aschenbeck (born January 20, 1939 in Liegnitz , Silesia , † December 10, 1995 in Hamburg ) was a German writer, bookseller and social worker .

Life

Udo Aschenbeck was born in Liegnitz, which today belongs to Poland, and is therefore a so-called " expellee " or " emigrant ". After various stations, the family moved to Vechta , where he was expelled from high school in 1959 because of his homosexuality . Then he moved to Hamburg and began an apprenticeship as a bookseller there. Later he worked for a wholesaler and a bookstore in Wiesbaden . He lived in West Berlin for a few years . Then he moved back to Hamburg, where he began and completed his studies in social pedagogy. He lived in Hamburg until his death.

Aschenbeck published poems and short stories in various anthologies, mainly with topics on homosexuality. Two novels have survived from him. His debut novel was published by Suhrkamp Verlag . During the Neue Deutsche Welle he was a songwriter for various insignificant groups and was a member of some also insignificant formations .

The author made a television appearance in 1988 in the program " Berliner Salon-Literatur Live " on the topic of " Grenzgänger ", together with Karin Struck .

The writer died on December 10, 1995 at the age of 56 from complications from AIDS .

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Novels

• South of Tokyo. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-518-37909-7
• Wool . Männerschwarmverlag, Hamburg, 1994. ISBN 3-928983-21-0

Texts in anthologies

• 19 Sensitivities - reactions to Hubert Fichte . Edited by Mario Fuhse. Männerschwarm-Verlag, essay, undated
• Other conditions - communication texts from homosexuals . Frankfurt a. M. Suhrkamp Verlag, 1984,
• Green carnation love stories . Stories. Edited by Joachim Bartholomae. 1996.

source

• Hergemöller : Man for Man, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt 2001.

Web links

• Literature by and about Udo Aschenbeck in the catalog of the German National Library