Hans-Jürgen Heise (6 July 1930 - 13 November 2013) was a German author and poet.

Biography

Heise was born Hans-Jürgen Scheller in

Bublitz Bobolice (; formerly german: Bublitz) is a town in northwest Poland, part of Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, it has a population of 3,896. Notable residents * Paul Kleinschmidt (1883–1949), German painter an ...

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

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(modern Bobolice, Poland). His family moved to

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

when he was still an infant but returned to Bublitz because of the

Allied bombing of Berlin in World War II An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or sovereign state, states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alli ...

. In 1945 Heise s family fled from Pomerania. Heise started to work as a journalist in Berlin and later became a lector at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

Hans-Jürgen Heise died in

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Publications

*''Vorboten einer neuen Steppe'', 1961 *''Wegloser Traum'', 1964 *''Worte aus der Zentrifuge'', 1966 *''Ein bewohnbares Haus'', 1968 *''Küstenwind'', 1969 *''Uhrenvergleich'', 1971 *''Underseas Possessions'', 1972 *''Das Profil unter der Maske'' (Essays), 1974 *''Meine kleine Freundin Schizophrenia'', 1981 *''Bilder und Klänge aus al-Andalus. Höhepunkte spanischer Literatur und Kunst.'' (Essays), 1986 *''Der Macho und der Kampfhahn. Unterwegs in Spanien und Lateinamerika.'' (Reisebericht), 1987 *''Die zweite Entdeckung Amerikas. Annäherungen an die Literatur des lateinamerikanischen Subkontinents'' (Essays), 1987 *''Ein Galgen für den Dichter. Stichworte zur Lyrik'' (Essays), 1990 *''Katzen fallen auf die Beine'' (Kurzprosa), 1993 *''Zwischenhoch'', 1997 *''Ein Fax von Basho'', 2000 *''Wenn das Blech als Trompete aufwacht. Schlüsselfiguren der Moderne'' (Essays), 2000 *''Die Zeit kriegt Zifferblatt und Zeiger. Autobiografische Stationen und ein verschattetes Reiseziel'', 2003 *''Das Zyklopenauge der Vernunft'', 2005

Awards

Andreas Gryphius Prize The Andreas-Gryphius Prize is a prestigious literary prize in Germany, named after the German poet Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664). The prize is awarded to authors and translators whose work reflects German culture and history in Central, Eastern ...

, 1973 *Kulturpreis of the City of Kiel, 1974 * Malta Cultural Award, 1976) * "kultur aktuell", 1988 *honorary guest of the

Villa Massimo Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo ( it, Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo), is a German cultural institution in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo. The fellowship of the German Academy in Rom ...

, 1989 *Pomeranian Culture Award, 1993 *Andreas Gryphius Prize, 1994 *Kunstpreis of the land of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

, 2002

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heise, Hansjurgen 1930 births 2013 deaths People from Koszalin County People from the Province of Pomerania German male poets 20th-century German poets German-language poets 20th-century German male writers