Udo Steinke
Udo Steinke (born May 2, 1942 in Litzmannstadt ; † October 12, 1999 in Munich ) was a German-speaking writer.
Life
In 1947 Steinke's family came to Eilenburg . Udo Steinke attended the mountain school there from 1948 to 1956 and then learned the profession of candy cooker at the Henze confectionery industry in Eilenburg . He is the father of the freelance artist Falk-Ingo Renner, born in 1963, and the anatomist Hanno Steinke, also born in 1963.
He studied literature in Leipzig from 1960 to 1965 and then worked as a lecturer at VEB Druck und Verlag in Leipzig. In 1968 he stayed in Germany after a business trip and chose to live in Munich. In addition to a few occasional jobs, he worked as a journalist and on the mediation of the then Foreign Minister Genscher at the headquarters of the Goethe Institute in Munich.
He achieved his literary breakthrough with the novel I knew Talmann , published in 1980 , which was awarded the Bavarian Literature Prize. Then six more books appeared. An often recurring theme in his work is the division of Germany, for example into double German . Steinke was u. a. friends with Heinrich Böll , Willy Brandt and Hans-Dietrich Genscher .
The Steinke Institute in Bonn, which was co-founded by Steinke's widow, is dedicated to his literary memory. The institute houses the Udo Steinke archive with the literary estate and correspondence, organizes readings by authors and is also a German language school for foreign applicants.
Works
- I knew Talmann. DTV 1980. ISBN 3-423-06305-X
- Horsky, Leo or The Gratitude of the Murderers. Ullstein 1982, ISBN 3-550-06474-8
- The Buggenraths. DTV 1985, ISBN 3-423-06357-2
- Little man's noise . Ullstein 1985, ISBN 3-550-06392-X
- Double german . Schneekluth 1984, ISBN 3-7951-0879-9
- Bauernfangen 1986, ISBN 3-570-01342-1
literature
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : "Steinke, Udo", in: Important historical personalities of the Düben Heath, AMF - No. 237. 2012, p. 98.
Web links
- Literature by and about Udo Steinke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Udo Steinke in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinke, Udo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-speaking writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Litzmannstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1999 |
| Place of death | Munich |