Willy Mitterhuber
Wilhelm "Willy" Mitterhuber (born March 10, 1927 in Kraiburg am Inn , † June 19, 2004 in Schirmitz ) was a German poet .
Life
Mitterhuber completed a commercial apprenticeship. He then worked as editor for the United Homeland Papers in Mühldorf am Inn . In 1944 he was called up for the Reich Labor Service and soon afterwards for military service. Shortly before the end of the Second World War , he was taken prisoner of war . In 1947 he was fired and in 1948 found a job as an insurance salesman. From 1952 he was branch manager of the Munich glass company Riepolt for the northern Bavaria area. For this job he moved to the Max-Reger-Stadt Weiden in the Upper Palatinate . In 1956 he married his wife Maria, with whom he had two daughters (* 1957 and 1961).
Mitterhuber was an active member of the Regensburg Writers' Group International and wrote around 2,000 poems. He published many of them in anthologies, yearbooks and magazines. His last volume of poetry, entitled Gläsernes Glück , remained unfinished.
Publications (selection)
- 1958: The silence sounds: poems. Habbel, Regensburg.
- 1964: encounters. Martin-Verlag Berger, Buxheim.
- 1965: Ripe and Bloom: Poems. Martin-Verlag Berger, Buxheim.
- 1969: Fülle des Sommer (choral scores for 4-part male choir; 2-part work; texts: Mitterhuber; composition: Ernst Kutzer ). Leuckart, Munich / Leipzig.
- 1976: Illuminated track. Martin-Verlag Berger, Buxheim.
- 1982: Plus of the stones: poems. Delp, Munich.
- 1988: The Hourglass: Poems. From Loeper, Karlsruhe.
- 1991: Paths from Light: Poems. Book and art publisher Oberpfalz, Amberg.
- 1995: Beyond the top of the pass: poems. Book and art publisher Oberpfalz, Amberg.
- 1995: Throwing rope to you: letters. Bodner, Pressath.
- 1997: Words in the Fall Wind: Poems. Book and art publisher Oberpfalz, Amberg.
- 2001: Lifelines: Poems. Book and art publisher Oberpfalz, Amberg.
Awards / honors
- 1985: Dietz-Rüdiger Moser was invited to a reading in the Gasteig in Munich
- 1988: Nordgaupreis of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund in the category " Poetry "
- 1994: 1st prize at the Lyric October in Bayreuth
literature
- Bernhard M. Baron : “Writing hope across the sky”. The poet Willy Mitterhuber. A posthumous homage for the 90th birthday. In: OBERPFÄLZER HEIMATSPIEGEL 2018 , 42nd year, ed. by district home nurse Dr. Tobias Appl, Pressath, ISBN 978-3-939247-97-5 , pp. 33-38.
Web links
- Literature by and about Willy Mitterhuber in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heike Nasritdinova: Mitterhuber, Willy . Entry in the database of the Oberpfälzer Kulturbund (currently not available)
- Willy Mitterhuber in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernhard M. Baron / Bayerische Staatsbibliothek : Willy Mitterhuber , Bavarian literature portal.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitterhuber, Willy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mitterhuber, Wilhelm (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kraiburg am Inn |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 2004 |
| Place of death | Umbrella seat |