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Peter Huchel

ペーター・フーヘル

Pētā Fūheru

Aliases: Hellmut Huchel

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1903-04-03 （Lichterfelde, Berlin）
Died
1981-04-30 （Staufen im Breisgau） age 78
Nationality
German
Languages
German
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Berlin → Wilhelmshorst → Rome → Staufen im Breisgau

Career

Occupations
poet, editor, radio playwright
Active Years
1930-1981
Affiliations
Sinn und Form
Influenced By
Ernst Bloch, Alfred Kantorowicz, Fritz Sternberg

Education

Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin
Faculty of Literature / Literature and Philosophy
Period: 1923-1926
Year of Graduation: 1926
Country: Germany
Studied in Berlin

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gedichte

1948 Poetry

Post-war poetry collection

naturelandscape

Chausseen, Chausseen. Gedichte

1963 Poetry

Poetry collection themed on roads

travelalienation

Die Sternenreuse. Gedichte 1925–1947

1968 Poetry

Early poems collection

starsnature

Gezählte Tage. Gedichte

1972 Poetry

Late poetry collection

timedeath

Die neunte Stunde. Gedichte

1979 Poetry

Late poetry collection

end times

Bibliography

  • Im Jahre 1930
  • Gedichte (1948)
  • Chausseen, Chausseen. Gedichte (1963)
  • Die Sternenreuse. Gedichte 1925–1947 (1968)
  • Gezählte Tage. Gedichte (1972)
  • Die neunte Stunde. Gedichte (1979)
  • Gesammelte Werke (1984)
  • Wie will man da Gedichte schreiben. Briefe 1925–1977 (2000)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise imagerynature descriptionsymbolism
Recurring Motifs
Brandenburg landscapesalienationsilence

Legacy

Prominent East German poet and editor of Sinn und Form. Lived in isolation under Stasi surveillance after the Berlin Wall, emigrated to the West in 1971.

Museums

  • Huchel House Potsdam-Wilhelmshorst

In Popular Culture

  • Dedicated in Wolf Biermann's song 'Ermutigung'

Trivia

  • Born Hellmut Huchel, changed name to Peter in 1930.
  • Captured by Soviet forces in WWII.