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Hubert Fichte

フーベルト・フィヒテ

Hūberuto Fihite

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1935-03-21 (Perleberg)
Died
1986-03-08 (Hamburg) age 50
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Hamburg-Lokstedt → Montjustin → Hamburg

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Journalist, Shepherd
Active Years
1963-1986
Influenced By
Marcel Proust, Hans Henny Jahnn, Jean Genet

Awards

Julius Campe Stipend
1963
Result: 受賞
Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis
1965
Result: 受賞
Stipend of the Villa Massimo
1967
Organization: Villa Massimo
Result: 受賞
Alexander Zinn Prize
1985
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit

1987 Novel

A monumental cycle of novels about the homosexual writer Jäcki and his cohabitee Irma.

HomosexualitySensibilityEthnology

Bibliography

  • Der Aufbruch nach Turku
  • Im Tiefstall
  • Das Waisenhaus
  • Die Palette
  • Detlevs Imitationen »Grünspan«
  • Versuch über die Pubertät
  • Xango
  • Wolli Indienfahrer
  • Petersilie
  • Psyche
  • Zwei Autos für den Heiligen Pedro Claver
  • Lazarus und die Waschmaschine
  • Die Geschichte der Empfindlichkeit

Style & Themes

Literary Style
EthnopoesieCombination of science and poetryMontage technique
Recurring Motifs
HomosexualityAfro-American culturesEthnological observations

Health

  • AIDS-related illness
    1980年代後半
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Since 1995, the city of Hamburg awards the Hubert Fichte Prize. Known for blending literature and ethnology.

In Popular Culture

  • Minor planet 3475 Fichte is named after him.

Trivia

  • Father was a Jewish merchant who emigrated to Sweden; never met him.
  • Raised mostly by grandmother.
  • Gay.