Uwe Hans Wilken

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Uwe Hans-Joachim Wilken (born January 22, 1937 in Hamburg ; † October 16, 2001 there ) was a German writer and author of western novels in particular .

Life

Wilken grew up in Hamburg under the name Uwe Tieck with foster parents. His adoptive parents came from a wealthy Hamburg merchant family who, among other things, had friendly relations with the family of Carl Hagenbeck (Hagenbeck's zoo). As a young man, Wilken set out to find his origins. Only after extensive research was he able to find out more about it. He got to know his mother only briefly. At that time he took his real name again, Wilken .

Wilken later repeatedly addressed the motif of unknown identity and origin in his novels. It is particularly characteristic of his hero Cheyenne , but also of the figure of the trapper Dan Oakland , who is characterized by Wilken as a "lonely fighter between white and red".

As a 16-year-old schoolboy, Wilken was already writing stories for youth magazines. At the age of 19 he wrote his first western, Der Sattelwolf . After twelve publishers had returned the manuscript, Paul Feldmann-Verlag Cologne took it under contract.

UH Wilkens' books have been published in numerous translations around the world (including in Brazil, China and Israel). His work includes more than 600 novels; Over 80 million copies sold found their readers during his lifetime.

His series Dan Oakland Story , Cheyenne and Zurdo achieved particular fame . His novels are published by Kelter Verlag Hamburg and Edition Bärenklau.

Pseudonyms

  • UH Wilken, Les Willcox, Colin Scope and the publishing pseudonyms Tom Frisco and Benito Martinez

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personal data
SURNAME Wilken, Uwe Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Willcox, Les (pseudonym); Scope, Colin (pseudonym); Frisco, Tom (pseudonym); Martinze, Benito (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2001
Place of death Hamburg