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Karl Heinz Bohrer

カール・ハインツ・ボーラー

Kāru Haintsu Bōrā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1932-09-26 (Cologne)
Died
2021-08-04 (London) age 88
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German, English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Cologne → Heidelberg → Bielefeld → Frankfurt → London → Stanford

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Publisher, Essayist, Literary scholar
Active Years
1962-2021
Affiliations
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bielefeld University, Merkur, Stanford University

Education

University of Heidelberg
Literature
Degree: 博士号
Period: 不明
Year of Graduation: 1962
Country: Germany
Dissertation on philosophy of history of German Romantics

Awards

Johann Heinrich Merck Prize
1978
Organization: Deutsche Akademie
Result: 受賞
Heinrich Mann Prize
2007
Result: 受賞
Deutscher Sprachpreis
2002
Organization: Henning-Kaufmann-Stiftung
Result: 受賞
Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste
2005
Organization: Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Granatsplitter

2012 Autobiography

Recollections of youth, WWII, and post-war life

WarMemoir

Jetzt. Geschichte meines Abenteuers mit der Phantasie

2017 Autobiography

Life from early 1960s

LiteratureCriticism

Die Ästhetik des Schreckens

Literary Criticism

Pessimistic Romanticism and Ernst Jünger's early work

RomanticismTerror

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ProvocativeCritical
Recurring Motifs
TimeAesthetics

Legacy

Prominent German literary scholar and essayist, known for his roles at FAZ and Merkur, recipient of numerous literary awards, noted as a disputative critic reflecting his era.