Peter Rühmkorf (25 October 1929 – 8 June 2008) was a German writer who significantly influenced German post-war literature. Rühmkorf's literary career started in 1952 in

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with the magazine ''Zwischen den Kriegen'' ("Between the Wars"), which the poet and essayist and he edited and mainly wrote, until Riegel's early death in 1956. Both of them belonged to the initiators of the ''

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'', an influential monthly for young German intellectuals and students. Rühmkorf was awarded every important German award, including the

Georg Büchner Prize The Georg Büchner Prize (german: link=no, Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize for German language literature, along with the Goethe Prize. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of ''Woyzeck'' ...

, the

Heinrich Heine Prize Heinrich Heine Prize refers to three different awards named in honour of the 19th-century German poet Christian Johann Heinrich Heine: * ''Heinrich Heine prize of Düsseldorf'' * ''Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for Culture'' of the former ...

and the Erich Kästner Prize. Rühmkorf was also among the four who were ever awarded with the Arno Schmidt Prize. His pseudonyms were Leo Doletzki, Leslie Maier, Johannes Fontara, Lyng, John Frieder, Hans-Werner Weber, Harry Flieder, and Hans Hingst. His voice can be heard on: Früher, als wir die großen Ströme noch ... (suite for speaker and ensemble) with

Dietmar Bonnen Dietmar Bonnen (born 27 July 1958 in Cologne, Germany) is a German composer and pianist. Life Dietmar Bonnen studied music and fine arts in Cologne and Düsseldorf. In 1981 he founded the avantgarde-rock ensemble Fleisch, with whom he recorded s ...

and Andreas Schilling. On stage and on record he was accompanied by jazz musicians Michael Naura on piano and Wolfgang Schlüter on vibes for more than 30 years.

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* (with Werner Riegel): ''Heiße Lyrik'', Limes, Wiesbaden 1956

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* ''Irdisches Vergnügen in g. Fünfzig Gedichte'', Rowohlt, Hamburg 1959

* ''

Wolfgang Borchert Wolfgang Borchert (; 20 May 1921 – 20 November 1947) was a German author and playwright whose work was strongly influenced by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the ''Wehrmacht'' during the Second World War. His work is among t ...

. Biographie'', Rowohlt, Hamburg 1961 iography* ''Kunststücke. Fünfzig Gedichte nebst einer Anleitung zum Widerspruch'', Rowohlt, Hamburg 1962 oems, essay* ''Über das Volksvermögen. Exkurse in den literarischen Untergrund'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1967 onograph* ''Was heißt hier

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? Bewegte Szenen aus dem klassischen Wirtschaftsleben'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1969 tage play* ''Die Jahre die ihr kennt. Anfälle und Erinnerungen'', Rowohlt, Reinbek Rowohlt 1972 utobiography* ''Lombard gibt den Letzten. Ein Schauspiel'', Wagenbach, Berlin 1972 tage play* ''Die Handwerker kommen. Ein Familiendrama'', Wagenbach, Berlin 1974 tage play* ''

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und ich'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1975 ssays* ''Phoenix – voran! Gedichte'', pawel pan, Dreieich 1977

* ''Strömungslehre I. Poesie'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1978 oems, essays* ''Haltbar bis Ende 1999'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1979

* ''Auf Wiedersehen in Kenilworth. Ein Märchen in dreizehn Kapiteln'', Fischer, Frankfurt on Main 1980 airy tales* ''Im Fahrtwind. Gedichte und Geschichte'', Bertelsmann, Berlin (et al.) 1980 oems, prose* ''agar agar – zaurzaurim. Zur Naturgeschichte des Reims und der menschlichen Anklangsnerven'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1981 niversity lectures* ''Kleine Fleckenkunde'', Haffmans, Zürich 1982 nkblot studies* ''Der Hüter des Misthaufens. Aufgeklärte Märchen'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1983 airy tales* ''Blaubarts letzte Reise. Ein Märchen'', pawel pan, Dreieich 1983 airy tale* ''Bleib erschütterbar und widersteh. Aufsätze – Reden – Selbstgespräche'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1984 ssays, addresses, prose* ''Mein Lesebuch'', Fischer, Frankfurt on Main 1986 nthology* ''Außer der Liebe nichts. Liebesgedichte''Rowohlt, Reinbek 1986 ove poems* ''Dintemann und Schindemann. Aufgeklärte Märchen'', Reclam, Leipzig 1986 airy tales* ''Selbstredend und selbstreimend. Gedichte – Gedanken – Lichtblicke'', Reclam, Stuttgart 1987 oems, prose* ''Werner Riegel. „ ... beladen mit Sendung. Dichter und armes Schwein“'', Reclam, Stuttgart 1988 iography and edition* ''Einmalig wie wir alle'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1989 * ''Dreizehn deutsche Dichter'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1989 ssays* ''Selbst III/88. Aus der Fassung'', Haffmans, Zürich 1989 utobiographica* ''Komm raus! Gesänge, Märchen, Kunststücke'', Wagenbach, Berlin 1992 oems, songs, fairy tales, prose* ''Deutschland, ein Lügenmärchen'', Wallstein, Göttingen 1993 ssay* ''Lass leuchten! Memos, Märchen, TaBu, Gedichte, Selbstporträt mit und ohne Hut'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1993 ollection* ''Tabu I. Tagebücher 1989–1991'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1995 utobiography* ''Gedichte'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996

* ''Ich habe Lust, im weiten Feld... Betrachtungen einer abgeräumten Schachfigur'', Wallstein, Göttingen 1996 ssays* ''Die Last, die Lust und die List. Aufgeklärte Märchen'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996 airy tales* ''Ein Buch der Freundschaft'', Rommerskirchen, Remagen-Rolandseck 1996 * ''Lethe mit Schuß. Gedichte'', Suhrkamp, Frankfurt on Main 1998

* ''wenn – aber dann. Vorletzte Gedichte'', Rowohl, Reinbek 1999

* ''Von mir zu Euch für uns'', Steidl, Göttingen 1999

* ''Wo ich gelernt habe'', Wallstein, Göttingen 1999 utobiographica* (with

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): ''Mein lieber Freund und Kompanjung'', Felix Jud, Hamburg 1999 * (with

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): ''In gemeinsamer Sache. Gedichte über Liebe und Tod, Natur und Kunst'', Haffmans, Zürich 2000

* ''Das Lied der Deutschen'', Wallstein, Göttingen 2001 (on

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) * ''Funken fliegen zwischen Hut und Schuh. Lichtblicke, Schweifsterne, Donnerkeile'', ed. Stefan Ulrich Meyer, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 2003

* ''Tabu II. Tagebücher 1971–1972''Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004 utobiography* ''Wenn ich mal richtig ICH sag ... . Ein Lese-Bilderbuch'', Steidl, Göttingen 2004

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* ''Aufwachen und Wiederfinden. Gedichte'', Insel, Frankfurt on Main 2007

* ''Paradiesvogelschiß. Gedichte'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 2008 ast poems

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruhmkorf, Peter 1929 births 2008 deaths Writers from Dortmund People from the Province of Westphalia German lyricists German poets German diarists German essayists Georg Büchner Prize winners Deaths from cancer in Germany German male essayists 20th-century essayists 20th-century diarists

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