Hermann Kinder (18 May or 18 June 1944 – 27 August 2021) was a German writer.

Biography

Kinder was born on 18 May or 18 June 1944 in

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and spent his childhood in

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

, and

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

. He earned a degree in art history from the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public university, public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over ...

and later earned a master's degree. In 1972, he became an assistant professor from the

University of Konstanz The University of Konstanz (german: Universität Konstanz) is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its main campus was opened on the Gießberg in 1972 after being founded in 1966. The university is Germany's ...

. He also taught at the

University of Klagenfurt The University of Klagenfurt (german: Universität Klagenfurt or ''Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt'', AAU) is a federal Austrian research university and the largest research and higher education institution in the state of Carinthia. It has it ...

and

Shanghai University Shanghai University, commonly referred to as SHU, or colloquially Shangda (), is a public research university located in Shanghai. The 555-acre main Baoshan campus is situated in the north of Shanghai, and there are two other campuses in Jiadi ...

. In 1977, Kinder was awarded the and the

Bodensee-Literaturpreis Bodensee-Literaturpreis (Lake Constance Literature Prize) is a literary prize awarded in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The city of Überlingen has been awarding the Lake Constance Literature Prize since 1954. The foundation of this municipal litera ...

in 1981. In 1996, he was given the

Alemannischer Literaturpreis Alemannischer Literaturpreis is a German literary prize. It was established in 1981 and is awarded to authors in the Alemannic regions of Germany. The prize was originally awarded every two years but changed to every three years in 1987. The winner ...

and the Literaturpreis der Stadt Stuttgart in 1998. Hermann Kinder died in

Konstanz Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was th ...

on 27 August 2021, at the age of 77.

Works

*''Das Verhältnis von Dichtung und Geschichte in Wilhelm Raabes „Odfeld“ und „Hastenbeck“'' (1968) *''Poesie als Synthese'' (1973) *''Der Schleiftrog'' (1977) *''Du mußt nur die Laufrichtung ändern'' (1978) *''Lauter lieben'' (1980) *''Vom Schweinemut der Zeit'' (1980) *''Der helle Wahn'' (1981) *''Bürgers Liebe'' (1981) *''Liebe und Tod'' (1983) *''Der Mensch, ich Arsch'' (1983) *''Die klassische Sau'' (1986) *''Ins Auge'' (1987) *''Winter am Meer'' (1987) *''Fremd – daheim'' (1988) *''Kina, Kina'' (1988) *''Die böhmischen Schwestern'' (1990) *''Der Mythos von der Gruppe 47'' (1991) *''Alma'' (1994) *''Von gleicher Hand'' (1995) *''Um Leben und Tod'' (1997) *''Nachts mit Filzstift und Tinte'' (1998) *''Himmelhohes Krähengeschrei'' (2000) *''Die Forellsche Erkrankung'' (2002) *''Mein Melaten. Der Methusalem-Roman'' (2006) *''Berthold Auerbach - "Einst fast eine Weltberühmtheit"'' (2011)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kinder, Hermann 1944 births 2021 deaths People from Toruń German male writers University of Münster alumni Academic staff of the University of Konstanz Academic staff of the University of Klagenfurt Academic staff of Shanghai University