Walter Jens

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Walter Jens
philologist
, writer

Walter Jens (8 March 1923 – 9 June 2013) was a German

philologist, literature historian, critic, university professor and writer.[1]

He was born in

Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums from 1933 to 1941, when he gained his Abitur,[2] before studying at the University of Hamburg.[3]

In the early 1940s, Jens joined the

NSDAP.[4][5] He denied having applied for membership actively and claimed that he had become a member automatically because he was a member of the Hitler Youth
and that he never received a membership card.

During

Freiburg with a work about Sophocles' tragedy and habilitated at age 26 with the work Tacitus und die Freiheit (Tacitus and Freedom) at the University of Tübingen.[6]

From 1950 onward, he was a member of the Group 47.[7] That year, he had his breakthrough with the novel Nein. Die Welt der Angeklagten.[8][9]

From 1965 to 1988, Jens held the chair for General Rhetoric at the University of Tübingen,

International PEN center in Germany.[10] From 1989 to 1997, he was president of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and afterwards he was the honorary president.[12] From 1990 to 1995, he was chairman of the Martin-Niemöller-Foundation.[13]

Personal life

In 1951, Jens married Inge Puttfarcken.[14][10] They had two sons, Tillmann und Christoph.[14] Jens suffered from dementia, which began to manifest in 2004. He died in 2013 in Tübingen, aged 90.[15]

Honours and awards

Source:[12]

References

  1. ^ "German writer and intellectual Walter Jens dies | News | DW.DE | 10.06.2013". DW.DE. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Walter Jens". Johanneum (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Biografie – Walter Jens". Who's Who. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Zur NSDAP-Mitgliedschaft von Walter Jens". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  5. ^ Kellerhoff, Sven Felix (14 July 2012). "Hitler-Jugend: Hat Walter Jens über seine NSDAP-Zeit gelogen?". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  6. ^ Hammelehle, Sebastian (10 June 2013). "Zum Tode Walter Jens': Ein Nachruf". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  7. ^ Weinzierl, Ulrich (6 October 2015). "Tod mit 90: Walter Jens war der "Redner dieser Republik"". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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  9. ^ "Nein - Walter Jens". Rowohlt (in German). 1 February 1954. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Allgemeine Rhetorik – Universität Tübingen » Walter Jens". Allgemeine Rhetorik – Universität Tübingen. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  11. ^ Leonhardt, Rudolf Walter (22 February 1985). "Tausendundkein Momos". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Jens". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  13. ^ Stöllner, Heinrich. "Utopie und Phantastik in der deutschsprachigen Hochliteratur Folge 9: Walter Jens: Nein. Die Welt der Angeklagten". Zauberspiegel (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  14. ^ a b Ignée, Tobias (24 December 2021). "Literaturhistorikerin und Publizistin Inge Jens gestorben". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  15. Süddeutsche.de
    (in German). 10 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

External links

Walter Jens in the German National Library catalogue