Walter Höllerer
Walter Höllerer (19 December 1922 – 20 May 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 1960s he moderated literature broadcasts on 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
- Gottfried Kellers "Leute von Seldwyla" als Spiegel einer geistesgeschichtlichen Wende. Eine Studie zur Geschichte der Novelle im 19. Jahrhundert. Erlangen 1949
- Zwischen Klassik und Moderne. Lachen und Weinen in der Dichtung einer Übergangszeit. Klett, Stuttgart 1958; new edition: SH, Köln 2005, ISBN 3-89498-133-4
- Theorie der modernen Lyrik. Dokumente zur Poetik 1. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1965
- Advanced new edition in 2 volumes: Hanser, München 2003, ISBN 3-446-20386-9
- Modernes Theater auf kleinen Bühnen. Literal Colloquium, Berlin 1965
Literary works
- Der andere Gast. Hanser, München 1952
- Gedichte. Beigefügt: Wie entsteht ein Gedicht? Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1964
- Systeme. Neue Gedichte. Literarisches Colloquium, Berlin 1969
- Die Elephantenuhr. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1973, ISBN 3-518-03271-2; Paperback ed. 1975, ISBN 3-518-06766-4
- Geschichte, die nicht im Geschichtsbuch steht. Kopp, Sulzbach-Rosenberg 1976
- Alle Vögel, alle. Eine Komödie in 2 Akten samt einem Bericht und Anmerkungen zum Theater. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1978, ISBN 3-518-03272-0
- Gedichte 1942–1982. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1982, ISBN 3-518-03273-9
- Oberpfälzische Weltei-Erkundungen. Weiden 1987, ISBN 978-3-924350-09-3
As editor
- Junge amerikanische Lyrik (with Gregory Corso). Hanser, München 1960
- Transit. Lyrikbuch der Jahrhundertmitte. Mit Randnotizen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1956
- Movens. Dokumente und Analysen zur Dichtung, bildenden Kunst, Musik, Architektur. Limes, Wiesbaden 1960
- Spiele in einem Akt. 35 exemplarische Stücke. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 1961
- Ein Gedicht und sein Autor. Lyrik und Essay. Literal Colloquium, Berlin 1967
- Dramaturgisches. Ein Briefwechsel (with Max Frisch). Literal Colloquium, Berlin 1969
- Welt aus Sprache. Auseinandersetzung mit Zeichen und Zeichensystemen der Gegenwart. Art Academy, Berlin 1972
- Zurufe, Widerspiele. Aufsätze zu Dichtern und Gedichten (with Michael Krüger). Berlin Scientific Publishing, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-87061-405-6
Films
- Literatur im technischen Zeitalter, TV series, 13 films, Sender Freies Berlin, 1961/62, First episode: 13 November 1961
- Berlin stellt vor. TV series, 39 films, Sender Freies Berlin, 1962, First episode: 28 May 1962
- Modernes Theater auf kleinen Bühnen, TV series, 10 films, Sender Freies Berlin, 1964/65, First episode: 18 November 1964
- Der weiße Hopfengarten, 1966
- Ein Gedicht und sein Autor, TV series, 11 films, Sender Freies Berlin, 1966/67, First episode: 1 December 1966
- Die Alexanderschlacht, 1968
- Das literarische Profil von Prag, 1969
- Das literarische Profil von Stockholm, 1969
- Das literarische Profil von London, 1970
- Das literarische Profil von Rom, 1970
- Das literarische Profil von Berlin, 1971
- Vögel und Fluggespenster, 1973
Further reading
- Barbara Baumann-Eisenack: Walter Höllerer: Zu seinen Gedichten und seiner Lyrik-Anthologie "Transit". Literaturarchiv Sulzbach-Rosenberg 2002, ISBN 3-9808442-0-X
- Helmut Böttiger, Lutz Dittrich: Elefantenrunden. Walter Höllerer und die Erfindung des Literaturbetriebs. Ausstellungsbuch, Texte aus dem Literaturhaus Berlin, Bd. 15, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-926433-42-6
- Walter Höllerer: Memorandum zur Gründung eines Instituts "Sprache im technischen Zeitalter". In: Berliner Hefte zur Geschichte des literarischen Lebens, 8, 2008, ISSN 0949-5371, S. 103–109
- Roland Berbig, Alexander Krüger: Ein Novum unter der Ägis eines Lehrstuhlinhabers. Walter Höllerer im Jahr 1959. In: Berliner Hefte zur Geschichte des literarischen Lebens, 8, 2008, ISSN 0949-5371, S. 89–99
- Achim Geisenhanslüke, Michael Peter Hehl (ed.): Poetik im technischen Zeitalter. Walter Höllerer und die Entstehung des modernen Literaturbetriebs. Transcript, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-8376-1598-2
External links
- Literature (in German) from and about Walter Höllerer in the German National Library catalog
- Biography as part of the Berlin Institute of Technology's 125th anniversary commemoration
- Walter Höllerer (in German) in the Sulzbach-Rosenberg (Höllerer-Nachlass) literature archive
References
- 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
- 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
- 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