Hans Krieger

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Hans Krieger
Profile of man with white hair, beard and spectacles
Hans Krieger, c. 2000
Born(1933-03-13)13 March 1933
Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
Died9 January 2023(2023-01-09) (aged 89)
Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
Occupations
  • Writer
  • Journalist
  • Broadcaster
  • Poet
Organizations

Hans Krieger (13 March 1933 – 9 January 2023) was a German writer, essayist, journalist of influential weekly papers such as Die Zeit, broadcaster and poet.

Life

Born in

University of Munich. He has authored numerous papers and radio journalism for the Bavarian radio, Bayerischer Rundfunk, and literary and nonfiction reviews in the newspapers Die Zeit[3] and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others. He was an influential reviewer of books and authors, such as Wilhelm Reich, Alice Miller, Arthur Janov, Arno Gruen and Otto Mainzer
.

Krieger was married to the artist Christine Rieck-Sonntag. They lived in Landshut, where he died on 9 January 2023, at the age of 89.[1][2]

German orthography

Since 1963, Krieger was active in discussions to reform German

Ralph Giordano.[7] Krieger was from 1999 to 2002 president of the Stiftung zur Förderung des Schrifttums (Foundation for the Advancement of Writing) in Munich, which was founded by Friedrich Märker and has awarded the Friedrich-Märker-Preis for essays since 1986. Krieger himself received the prize in 1997.[1]

Lyric poetry

From 1993, Krieger published six volumes of poetry, commenting: "Gedichte sind Musik aus Worten" ("poems are music [made] from words"). A review of the Süddeutsche Zeitung called his poems "leicht und schwer zugleich" ("simultaneously light and heavy").[8] His collection of poems, Frei wie die Zäune – eine Saison in Virginia ("Free as Fences – A Season in Virginia"), reflects on his two-month stay in the United States. Topics are, among others, the treatment of Native American Indians, slavery and the wars of the 20th century, summarized by a review in the Nürnberger Nachrichten as "Die dunkle Seite der politischen US-Seele" (The dark side of the political U.S. soul).[9]

Illustrations and music

Krieger's poems inspired Christine Rieck-Sonntag to illustrations.

Schloss Borbeck in Essen on 4 December 2011. The central idea of Der Anfang einer neuen Zeit (The beginning of a new time) is derived from the thought by Angelus Silesius: "Wird Christus tausendmal zu Bethlehem geborn / und nicht in dir; du bleibst noch ewiglich verlorn." ("If Christ were born in Bethlehem a thousand times and not in thee thyself; then art thou lost eternally", from The Cherubinic Pilgrim, I, 61).[13]

Publications

Poems

  • Gottverdauen – Ein Stimmengewirr, poems (1993)
  • Im Schattenschwarz deines Haars – Tag und Nacht der Liebe, poems (1995)
  • Der Rechtschreib-Schwindel – Zwischenrufe zu einem absurden Reformtheater (1998/2000)
  • Liedschattig, CD of poems (2000)
  • Blinzelblicke – Ein Frühjahr in Manhattan, poems (2002, Arcos-Verlag)
  • Wortschritte – Über Kunst und Politik, über Gott und die Welt, essays (2003)
  • Liedschattig, poems (2004, Oreos-Verlag)
  • Frei wie die Zäune – Eine Saison in Virginia, poems (2005)
  • Das Asphalt-Zebra, Animalphabetische Verse, poems on animals in alphabetic order (2006)
  • Nachtflügel, poems (2007, Oreos-Verlag)
  • Apfelfall, poems (2010)

Short story

Selected articles

  • In der Einsamkeit des Gehirns – Maria Erlenbergers Bericht vom Ort des Wahnsinns (In the loneliness of a brain – Maria Erlenberger's report from the location of insanity), Die Zeit, No. 15, 1977
  • Reise ins Bodenlose – Ein Autor ist zu entdecken: Ernst-Jürgen Dreyer (Journey to the bottomless – An author to be discovered: Ernst-Jürgen Dreyer), Die Zeit, No. 37, p. 45, 1980
  • Partisan der Liebe (Partisan of love), about Otto Mainzer, Die Zeit, 28 May 1982
  • Zehetmairs Mut und Chance – Der Ex-Kultusminister soll den Rechtschreib-Frieden stiften. (Zehetmairs courage and chance – The former cultural minister shall bring orthography-peace), Bayerische Staatszeitung, edition 50, 10 December 2004

Notes

  1. ^ Krieger's books and articles are in German only; titles translated for reference.
  2. ^ There are two organizations with this name, the international regulating body and an association in Munich, founded on 22 August 2004. Krieger is a co-founder of the association in Munich.

References

  1. ^ a b c Kratzer, Hans (15 January 2023). "Feinsinniger Apologet der Freiheit". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Hans Krieger" (in German). Literaturportal Bayern. 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ISBN 978-3-03911-355-2
    . Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Der Rechtschreibschwindel" (in German). schriftdeutsch.de. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Deutsch. Eine Sprache wird beschädigt" (in German). sprache.org. 2003. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Rat für deutsche Rechtschreibung gegründet" (in German). sprache.org. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Rechtschreibung: "Frankfurter Appell" gegen Reform" (PDF) (in German). Die Welt. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Leicht und schwer zugleich". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  9. ^ Droschke, Martin (2 August 2005). "Die dunkle Seite der politischen US-Seele". p. 21.
  10. ^ "Christine Rieck-Sonntag" (in German). Christine Rieck-Sonntag. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  11. ^ "Im Gebirg". Graham Waterhouse. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Komponisten-Matinee: Graham Waterhouse" (in German). Gasteig. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Der Anfang einer neuen Zeit". Graham Waterhouse. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

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