Wilfried M. Bonsack
Wilfried M. Bonsack (* March 7, 1951 in Berlin ; † December 15, 2012 in Berlin) was a Berlin poet, author and publisher , he ran a literary salon in Berlin-Mitte for more than 30 years .
Life
After graduating from the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin-Mitte, Bonsack completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller and then studied theology and philosophy in Erfurt from 1969 to 1972. From 1971 to 1973 he worked as a lecturer at Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag in Weimar. From 1974 to 1976 he worked at Henschel-Verlag , Berlin. From 1976 he was a freelance writer, translator, editor and editor in Berlin. From 1988 to 1989 Bonsack completed a literature course at the literature institute "Johannes R. Becher" in Leipzig. In 1990 he founded the BONsai-typART publishing house . Bonsack mainly published poetry and brought out about 30 bibliophile book editions within 10 years. From 1988 Bonsack was a member of the German Writers' Association of the GDR and from 1989 of the Association of German Writers and the New Society for Literature . In 1992, Bonsack was elected spokesman for the history commission of the Association of German Writers .
He has been running a jour fixe in Berlin-Mitte since 1974 . This first took place in his apartment at Auguststrasse 19, later at Tucholskystrasse 28 under the title jour fixe - tucho zwo Acht. There were a total of more than 500 events of this kind, the content of which included readings as well as lectures on philosophical, cultural, political and other topics.
bibliography
Poetry / prose
- The camel on the pilgrimage . With photographs by Andreas Leidler. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Weimar 1978
- Dschuha's Adventure . Tunisian folk tales and fairy tales. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Weimar 1979
- Today I went under a rainbow . Proverbs, purrs and customs of Southeast European gypsies. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Weimar u. Leipzig 1982
- Arabic proverbs . Poems & aphorisms. VMA-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1982
- OR . Berlin 1987
- BREATH . Berlin 1988
- Time groove . Together with Norbert Wagenbrett . BONsai-typART Verlag, Berlin 1992
- Persona non grata . Poems. BONsai-typART Verlag, Berlin 1995
- Read book 9 . Poems. Aphaia Verlag, Berlin 1995
- The pregnant copper kettle . Together with Hans Stumme. Unionsverlag, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3293200699 and ISBN 978-3293200692 .
- Rubbed landscape . Poems. BONsai-typART Verlag, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3910183174
- Shrill in the branches . Poems for the 60th birthday of the composer Johann Gottlob von Wrochem , with illustrations by Siegfried Kühl . Aphaia Verlag, 1998, ISBN 9783926677242 and ISBN 3926677244
- Metamorphosis of the stone . Poems. Corvinus Press , Berlin-Friedrichshagen 2002
Translations
- Anton Chekhov : Kashtanka . With an afterword by Wilfried M. Bonsack and 10 full-page original color woodcuts by Esteban Fekete . Bear Press, Bayreuth 2001
(Co-) editorships
- The oriental-Indian art and pleasure gardener . Together with Friedemann Berger . Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Weimar 1973
Web links
- Article by Waltraud Schwab , taz from November 3, 2012, accessed on February 9, 2013
- Obituary of the Pirckheimer Society eV 2013, with photo
- Obituary of the lyric newspaper 2013
- Obituary by Gregor Eisenhauer , Tagesspiegel .de, accessed on February 9, 2013 (or print edition No. 21596 of February 8, 2013, page 12)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile at Lyrikwelt ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bonsack, Wilfried M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author, poet and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2012 |
| Place of death | Berlin |