Walter Höllerer

Walter Höllerer (December 19, 1922 – May 20, 2003) was a German writer, literary critic and a literature graduate.

Biography

Walter Höllerer was born in Sulzbach-Rosenberg and became a soldier in 1942 during the Second World War. After 1945 he studied philosophy, history, German studies and comparative literature in Erlangen, Göttingen and Heidelberg and in 1949 he earned a Doctor title in Gottfried Keller School. He worked as a lecturer assistant from 1954 to 1958 at the University Frankfurt. In 1954, he attended regular sessions called the 47, which was a group of young German authors who spoke about postwar from the west BRD. During the early 60's he moderated literature broadcasts in a free broadcasting channel of Berlin.[1] From 1959 to his retirement in 1988 he was a professor of literature studies at UT Berlin. Meanwhile he looked and researched a lot of professors from the USA.

During his research and work he published poems and novels, and put together critical statements for other literature works. In 1954 Höllerer put together the two month newspaper Akzente, one of the most important literature forums in the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1961 Höllerer published the newspaper Sprache im technischen Zeitalter (Language in the Age of Technology), in 1963 he brought up Colloquium Berlin to life. Through his hard work as a publisher and critic and a professor at TU Berlin he helped with the era of literature. In 1965 Höllerer married a photographer Renate from Mangoldt, she previously had two sons. In 1977 he founded literary archives in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, which he then embedded the newspaper Akzente into the archives.

In 1966 he was honored with the Fontane-Award and in 1993 together with Robert Creeley, the Horst-Bienek-award for lyrics and in 1994 the Rahel-Varnhagen-von-Ense-Medaille from Berlin. He was also honorary citizen and culture award winning from the city Sulzbach-Rosenberg.

Robert Neumann harshly criticized Höllerer's leading role in the group 47 and in the literary scene.[2] He obtained research from Christoph König that Höllerer was a member of the NSDAP in 1941.[3] Höllerer said that he has not gotten any confirmation for being in the NSDAP.

Höllerer was laid to rest at the Friedhof Heerstraße in Berlin. His widow Renate donated the archive Sulzbach-Rosenberg as a gift to Walter Höllerers research, which since 2007 has been developed and been researched even more. Since 19 April 2007, the Sulzbach-Rosenberg school changed its name to Walter-Höllerer-Realschule.

List of works

Non-fiction

Literary Works

As editor

Films

Further reading

External links

References

  1. ↑ Höllerer moderated on 11 November 1962 in a Culture Shock SFB show as a part of the group 47. Source: Archiv des RBB, Archivenumber 0903151
  2. ↑ Robert Neumann: Spezis. Gruppe 47 in Berlin. In: definite, 8/1966. also in: Hermann L. Gremliza (Hrsg.): 30 Year definite. Hamburg 1987, S. 88–93
  3. ↑ For Example. The show Culture Shock on 3sat from 25 November 2003: participant again Willen / a German walking encyclopedia proves the connection to the NSDAP
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.