Urs M. Fiechtner

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Urs M. Fiechtner at an author reading in 2014

Urs Michael Fiechtner (born November 2, 1955 in Bonn ) is a German writer and human rights activist .

family

Urs Michael Fiechtner comes from a Swabian family of officers and civil servants. He is the son of Colonel Dietrich Fiechtner (1913–1985), who was close to Augusto Pinochet as a German military attaché in Chile and Peru , and Ingeborg Fiechtner née Weiger. His grandfathers were the Ulm principal studies director Karl Weiger, one of the leading members of the paramilitary Swabian banner founded in 1920 as the successor organization of the Ulm Resident Defense , and Eduard Maximilian Fiechtner, government builder in Château-Salins ( Alsace-Lorraine , who fell in World War I as captain of the 2nd Bavarian foot artillery regiment) ). His great-grandfathers were Carl Weiger, honorary citizen of Oberkochen , and Eduard Fiechtner , honorary citizen of Untertürkheim .

Career

From 1961 to 1966 Fiechtner lived in Santiago de Chile , where he attended the German School. The family then moved to Cologne and later to Starnberg, owing to the father's military career . Urs M. Fiechtner has lived in Ulm and the region since 1973 . He left all secondary schools early without graduating from high school .

In 1963 his father chose him for his first political appearance as the mascot "El pequeño Cadete" (the little cadet) of the Chilean armed forces. The pictures of the eight-year-old saluting before the military parade or flanked by Federal President Heinrich Lübke and his wife went through the German press.

In 1970, when he founded a group of Amnesty International students in Starnberg at the age of 15, Urs M. Fiechtner had distanced himself from the political milieu of his family environment. He took part in student movements against right-wing teachers and school directors, for the integration of guest worker families or for the establishment of drug counseling in Starnberg and Munich . In 1973 he founded an Amnesty International group in Ulm. Since then he has been elected spokesman for the group over and over again. Since 1977 Urs M. Fiechtner has been working with the Argentine self-help organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo , the grandmothers of the children abducted during the military dictatorship, as well as the Madres Alemanas , the mothers of German and German-born people who disappeared . In 1981 he founded the Argentinahilfe e. V. in Ulm and in 1993 the initiative to set up the treatment center for torture victims Ulm (BFU), which was realized in 1995 . In 2009 Urs M. Fiechtner helped set up a support association for the BFU, and in 2014 he helped found the Ulm Foundation for Human Rights Education . In 2015 he founded Edition Kettenbruch , publications on human rights issues.

Literary work

In 1973 Urs M. Fiechtner published poetry for the first time in the Ulmer youth newspaper, which is close to the Jusos . He has been giving author readings since 1974 . Over the next 40 years, there will be around 2000 readings in German-speaking countries and Chile. In 1976 he founded the intercultural authors 'collective 79 , later the authors' group79 , whose central theme is human rights .

Together with the Chilean musician Sergio Vesely, who lives in exile in Germany , Fiechtner developed the form of concert reading in 1977 as a combination of literature and music. Their working partnership will last over the following decades.

Since the beginning he has worked with all literary genres , with the central form in Fiechtner's work being poetry. The focus of the lyrical work is the song for America , a poetic telling of the history of Latin America from Indian tradition through colonial history to the end of the colonial era. The cycle was published in three stages in 1986, 1991 and 2000.

His greatest commercial success is his first youth book in 1985, the documentary novel Anna's Story , which has been translated into Danish, Catalan, Galician and Spanish and was published in four hardcover and 16 paperback editions. In the publications that followed, the boundaries between the genres of youth and adult books became increasingly blurred. The focus of the literary work remains the subject of “human rights”.

Awards

  • 1978 Peace Prize of the counter book fair of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Alternative Verlage und Autor e. V.
  • 1985 Buxtehuder Bulle (for Anna's story )
  • 1986 Spring: ZDF's Bookworms Prize (for Anna's story )
  • 1987 Spring: ZDF Bookworm Award (for Mario Rosas )
  • 1991 Spring: ZDF's Bookworms Prize (for stories from no man's land )
  • 1991 Thaddäus Troll Prize for short prose and poetry
  • 1998 The Red Cloth , Youth Media Prize of the SPD Berlin, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (with Reiner Engelmann)
  • 2004 JuBu Book of the Month (for Frei von Furcht und Not ) (with Reiner Engelmann)

In 1986, 1999 and 2002 works by Fiechtner were on the list of '' Recommended Books '' of the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize for books for children and young people .

Publications (selection)

  • Urs M. Fiechtner, Sergio Vesely: Notes before daybreak . Poems. (Selection from 1975 to 1990). Illustrations by Christian Kühnel. Signal, Baden-Baden 1990; Revised and expanded edition Chain Break Edition, Aachen / Stuttgart / Ulm 2015, ISBN 978-3-7375-4351-4
  • Fiechtner / Bercher / Drößler / Schlichenmaier (ed.): Defense of human dignity. The work of the treatment center for torture victims Ulm. Reader on dealing with traumatized refugees. Chain break edition, Aachen / Stuttgart / Ulm 2015, ISBN 978-3-7375-6807-4
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: With seagulls in the multi-purpose hall. Autobiographical narratives and short stories. Chain break edition, Aachen / Stuttgart / Ulm 2015, ISBN 978-3-7375-4350-7
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: Puchuncavi. Plays and documents from a modern concentration camp. B. Bruscha & AS, Tuebingen 1979; Revised edition Chain Break Ulm / Aachen / Stuttgart 2015 edition, ISBN 978-3-88233-103-5
  • Urs M. Fiechtner, Reiner Engelmann (Ed.): That we are free today ... Reader about the work of human rights organizations. Sauerländer, Mannheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-7941-8107-0
  • Fiechtner: Anna's story. The story of someone who disappeared. Signal, Baden-Baden 1985, 4th edition 1989; dtv, 16th edition Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-07889-4
  • Fiechtner: Torture - an attack on human dignity. Short stories based on authentic cases. With a factual part about the past and present of torture. Horlemann, Edition Menschenrechte, Bad Honnef 2008, ISBN 978-3-89502-252-4
  • Fiechtner: Disappeared - in secret detention. Stories and factual texts. Elefanten Press / Bertelsmann, Berlin and Munich 2001; Horlemann, Edition Menschenrechte, Bad Honnef 2008, ISBN 978-3-89502-257-9
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: Stories from No Man's Land. Short stories. Illustrated by Christian Kühnel. Signal, Baden-Baden 1990; Arena, Würzburg 1996; extended edition, Schmetterling, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-89657-131-1
  • Fiechtner / Engelmann (ed.): Born free and equal . Reading book human rights. Sauerländer, Aarau / Frankfurt a. M. 1998, 2nd edition 2001; Unionsverlag, Zurich 2002; extended edition cbt Bertelsmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-293-21039-4
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: Awakening in the New World. Biography of a novel about Bartolomé de Las Casas and his time. With appendix about the life and work of Las Casas as well as maps and references. Illustrations by Christian Kühnel. Signal, Baden-Baden 1988; Terre des Hommes 2006, ISBN 978-3-924493-68-4
  • Engelmann / Fiechtner (ed.): Children without childhood. Reading book children's rights. Sauerländer / Patmos, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 978-3-7941-8045-5
  • Fiechtner / Engelmann (ed.): Free from fear and need. Reader economic and social human rights. Sauerländer / Patmos, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 978-3-7941-8017-2
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: In the eye of the jaguar. Stories about formative events in the Indian culture and civilization history before Columbus, with texts on the situation of Indian peoples today. Signal, Baden-Baden 1991; The treasure chest, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-935877-84-8
  • Fiechtner: Mario Rosas. The story of an escape. Signal, Baden-Baden 1986; Ravensburger 1990; Terre des Hommes 2003, ISBN 978-3-924493-40-0
  • Fiechtner / Engelmann (ed.): All human dignity. Reader for Amnesty International. Autobiographical stories, reports, essays, short stories, factual texts, poetry, songs and texts for stage and film. Sauerländer, Aarau / Frankfurt a. M. 2001, ISBN 978-3-7941-4580-5
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: Singing for América / Canto a América (III) . A poetic vision of the history of America from its origins to the end of the colonial era, a journey through the means and forms of poetry. Butterfly, Stuttgart 2000 (Spanish / German), ISBN 978-3-89657-113-7
  • Fiechtner: The poet. A poem read aloud for one voice. Poetic satire on the essence of literature and its makers. Illustrations by Sergio Vesely. Butterfly, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-89657-106-0
  • Fiechtner: In the middle of everything, I love you. Love poetry. Edition diá, Berlin / São Paulo 1993, ISBN 3-86034-123-5
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: Singing for America (II) . Extended version of the 1st volume “Are V Xe Oher” with the new volume II on colonial history (“Santa Cruz de Indias”). Edition diá, St.Gallen / Berlin / São Paulo 1991, ISBN 978-3-86034-104-9
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: Singing for America (I) . Epic poetry on the history of America. First volume on Indian history (“Are V Xe Oher / The old tradition”). With photographs by Edgar Ricardo von Buettner. Edition diá, St.Gallen / Berlin / São Paulo 1986, ISBN 978-3-905482-19-5
  • The mute dogs. Animal fables from Cuba, collected by Miguel Barnet , introduced, translated and commented on by Urs M. Fiechtner and Sergio Vesely. Edition diá, St.Gallen / Berlin / São Paulo 1986, ISBN 3-905482-09-6
  • Fiechtner: License to fly a mole. Poems and short stories. With graphics by Sergio Vesely. New Malik Verlag, Kiel 1984, ISBN 978-3-89029-052-2
  • Urs M. Fiechtner, Ursula Waldmann: On the edge. Reports and narratives from about the forms and consequences of torture as a means of political persecution worldwide. With graphics by Wolfgang Bleicher and Christian Kaiser. AS, Tübingen 1984, ISBN 978-3-88773-032-1
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: Xipe Totec. Poetic stories based on Indian legends and fairy tales from South and Central America. B. Bruscha, Tübingen 1979; az-Verlag, Tübingen / Frankfurt 1981; Ankenbauer & Spöhr, Tübingen 1983, ISBN 978-3-88233-105-9
  • Fiechtner / Vesely: Even if there are days and nights. Songbook, poems, photographs by Osvaldo Baratucci. AS, Tübingen 1982, ISBN 978-3-88773-019-2
  • Fiechtner: The missing children of Argentina. Stories, reports and documents about young children abducted for political reasons and the work of the human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo). With contributions by Osvaldo Bayer . AS, Tübingen 1982, ISBN 978-3-88773-017-8
  • Fiechtner (Hrsg.): Search for M. Poetry and stories by Urs M. Fiechtner, Sergio Vesely and Claus Magiera. Preface by Ingeborg Drewitz and Inge Aicher-Scholl . Illustrated by Ina-Maria Mihalyhegyi-Witthaut . B. Bruscha, Tübingen 1978 .; AS, Tübingen 1981, ISBN 978-3-88233-101-1
  • Fiechtner (Ed.): An-Klagen. Writings for Amnesty International. With Sergio Vesely u. a. Forewords by Jean Améry and Helmut Frenz . Illustrated by Albrecht Kneer. B. Bruscha, Tübingen 1977; 4th expanded edition AS, Tübingen 1981, ISBN 978-3-88233-100-4

Literature (selection)

  • Cornelia Gräbner: Poetry in the here and now: The concert readings by Urs M. Fiechtner and Sergio Vesely as a political-cultural irritation. In: With seagulls in the multi-purpose hall . Chain break edition, Aachen, Stuttgart, Ulm 2015. pp. 196–224 ISBN 978-3-88233-105-9
  • Cornelia Gräbner: Public Poetry Performances of the 1970s and 1980s: Reconsiderations of Poetic License. In: Margalida Pons and Josep Antoni Reynes (eds.): Lirica i deslirica: analisis i propostes de la poesia d 'experimentacio. Ediciones UIB (University of the Balearic Islands Press). Palma de Mallorca 2012
  • Sven Schmolke: A person "disappears". Human rights in the Third World - Urs M. Fiechtner: "Anna's story" . In: Praxis Deutsch No. 138/1996, Erhard Friedrich Verlag, Selze 1996

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carsten Söder: Silent acting. The federal government and its embassy in Chile before and after the coup of September 11, 1973. In: Die Linke Weißenburg in Bayern. September 11, 2013, accessed July 30, 2017 .
  2. ^ Political parties and associations from 1918 to 1933. Retrieved on January 2, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ Oberkochen - history, landscape, everyday life. Report 150: Royal Forester Carl Weiger May 11, 1943 - December 18, 1911. In: Heimatverein Oberkochen e. V. Accessed July 30, 2017 .
  4. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg, Germany: FEDERAL PRESIDENT / HEINRICH LÜBKE: When the people call - DER SPIEGEL 21/1964. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Urs M. Fiechtner: A little cadet. In: With seagulls in the multi-purpose hall. Short stories. Chain break edition, Aachen / Stuttgart / Ulm 2015, ISBN 978-3-7375-4350-7 , p. 53-80 .
  6. ↑ Anna-Lena Buchmaier, Jan Dirk Herbermann: With patience and letters. The power of the crowd: when many people are annoyed by violent regimes. In: Südwest Presse . Ulm May 27, 2011.
  7. ↑ Hans-Uli Thierer: Thanks to the help of the Ulm Amnesty Group: Argentine grandmothers now moved into their own office . In: Südwest Presse . Ulm January 19, 1983.
  8. ↑ Treatment center for torture victims Ulm. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  9. ^ Foundation for Human Rights Education - founded by the Alliance for Human Rights Education e. V. Accessed July 30, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Chain Fraction Edition | Publications on human rights issues. Retrieved on July 30, 2017 (German).
  11. ↑ Urs M. Fiechtner. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Stiftung Menschenrechtebildung. Formerly in the original ; accessed on July 30, 2017 .  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stiftung-mrb.de  
  12. ↑ The authors | Amnesty Ulm. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 30, 2017 ; accessed on July 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.amnesty-ulm.de
  13. ↑ Hans Steinherr: "Words are not enough." Urs M. Fiechtner on human rights, freedom, and lifting meaning . In the series "Character Heads". In: NZW Göppingen . April 4, 2012.
  14. ^ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Ulm / Neu-Ulm 40 years ago . In: swp.de . ( swp.de [accessed on July 30, 2017]).
  15. ↑ Read authors for Amnesty International. Ulm authors' collective starts spring tour . In: Südwest Presse . Ulm June 12, 1979.
  16. ↑ Urs M. Fiechtner: (No) self-portrait. In: Stuttgart literary scene. A contribution to "word for word" . Stuttgart 1994.
  17. ^ Buxtehuder Bulle: Anna's story - Urs M. Fiechtner - Laureate 1985 | The Buxtehuder Bulle - Youth Book Award. Retrieved on July 30, 2017 (German).
  18. ^ Prize winners - Association of German Writers in Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  19. ↑ The Red Cloth. July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
  20. ^ Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize for books for children and young people. Award-winning and recommended books until 2016. (PDF) In: State Center for Political Education North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved July 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Fiechtner, Urs M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fiechtner, Urs Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn