Walter Hilsbecher

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Walter Hermann Hilsbecher (born March 9, 1917 in Frankfurt am Main ; † November 30, 2015 in Butzbach ) was a German writer and broadcaster .

Life

Hilsbecher attended the Helmholtz School in his hometown , from which he was expelled in 1934 for political reasons. From 1939 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War.

As a founding member of Gruppe 47 , Hilsbecher was an important figure in the literary and cultural landscape of the post-war period . The writers meetings he read poetry (the 1947 Mr. Lingen of Heinz Friedrich was "clear song-like simple and plain the sound of our time" as aptly), essays (which in 1950 Inzigkofen Albrecht Knaus did not like to follow, but a talent for "Prose -Hymniker "), aphorisms (whose" captivating precision "Heinz Friedrich praised in 1952 in Niendorf ) and prose texts (1954 at Rothenfels Castle ). He also played an important role in the first readings by Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan , whose poems he - after a lecture that the group had rejected for various reasons - read out again in a more "understandable" way. In 1963, when the group was downsizing, Hilsbecher was no longer invited by his old companion, Hans Werner Richter .

In addition to his numerous book publications, Hilsbecher was best known for his work in the cultural programs of various broadcasters in the Federal Republic. In 1964 and 1965 he moderated the monthly broadcast cultural program studio frankfurt on Hessischer Rundfunk .

Hilsbecher lived as a freelance author in Butzbach / Taunus. He was married and has three children. From 1968 to 1995 he was a member of the PEN Center of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Works

  • Ernst Jünger and the “New Theology” 1949
  • Sporades (Aphorisms) 1953
  • How modern is a literature, Essays 1965
  • Laconic Stories, 1966
  • Writing as Therapy, Essays, 1967
  • Sporades, records from 20 years, 1969
  • Reception and Rejection (Poems), 1984
  • Les Adieux (poems and short prose), 1984
  • Flight of the owls, dream records, (with illustrations by Werner Holz ), 1984
  • Thirteen Laconic Stories, Expanded Edition, 1986
  • Metamorphoses, portfolio with six graphics by Werner Holz and texts by Walter Hilsbecher, 1986
  • Jumps in Head, Random Notes, 1987
  • For example Oedipus, Variants of a Model of Existence, Essays, 1987
  • Sardonic Credo, 13 black and white sonnets, 1991
  • Airmail, Seven Poems in memoriam Werner Holz , 1992
  • Federspiel, short poems, 1997
  • Cuckoo Oracle, Poems, 1997
  • Zeitkäfig, Lyric Aphorisms, 2001

in addition numerous magazine articles, readings and literary broadcasts on all West German radio stations.

Translation : With Liselotte Hilsbecher from English: Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki , Der Westliche und der Ostliche Weg , Ullstein Taschenbücher, Frankfurt am Main, 1960

literature

  • Hulisser: Homage for Walter Hilsbecher. Publisher Rolf A. Burkart, 1987

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Walter Hisbecher at the aphorism archive .
  2. ↑ a b Walter Hilsbecher at Der Audio Verlag .
  3. ↑ Heinz Friedrich : Does the young poetry have a chance? . In: Die Epoche , Frankfurt am Main, 23 November 1947. Reprinted in: Reinhard Lettau (Hrsg.): Die Gruppe 47 - Report Critique Polemik. A manual . Luchterhand, Neuwied and Berlin 1967, p. 26.
  4. ^ Albrecht Knaus : The Mastersingers of Inzigkofen . In: Die Neue Zeitung , Munich, May 16, 1950. Reprinted in: Reinhard Lettau (Ed.): Group 47 - Report Criticism Polemik. A manual . Luchterhand, Neuwied and Berlin 1967, p. 53.
  5. ^ Heinz Friedrich: The group 47 . In: German Comments , Stuttgart, June 14, 1952. Reprinted in: Reinhard Lettau (Ed.): Die Gruppe 47 - Report Critique Polemik. A manual . Luchterhand, Neuwied and Berlin 1967, p. 79.
  6. ^ Heinz Friedrich: Group 47 on the autumnal Main . In: Hessische Nachrichten . Kassel, October 21, 1954. Reprinted in: Reinhard Lettau (Ed.): Group 47 - Report Criticism Polemik. A manual . Luchterhand, Neuwied and Berlin 1967, p. 104.
  7. ↑ Klaus Briegleb : Disregard and taboo. A pamphlet on the question: How anti-Semitic was Group 47? Philo, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-8257-0300-2 , p. 192.
  8. ^ Helmut Böttiger : The group 47. When German literature made history . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2012. ISBN 978-3421043153 .
  9. ^ Achim Klünder: Culture magazines of the third television programs, 1964–1973 . Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, Frankfurt am Main 1975, p. 210.
personal data
SURNAME Hilsbecher, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hilsbecher, Walter Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2015
Place of death Butzbach