Hans Egon Holthusen
Hans Egon Holthusen (15 April 1913 – 21 January 1997) was a German Nazi, lyric poet, essayist, and literary scholar. Holthusen was born in Rendsburg the Province of Schleswig-Holstein, the son of a Protestant clergyman. He studied German philology, history, and philosophy at the University of Tübingen, the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin, and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, gaining reputation as a Rilke scholar with the publication of his Rilkes Sonette an Orpheus: Versuch einer Interpretation in 1937, at the age of 24.
Hans Egon Holthusen
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- Born
- 1913 · Rendsburg.
- Died
- 1997 · Munich.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- poet · literary critic · university teacher · writer
- Education
- University of Tübingen · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Honours
- Bavarian Order of Merit · Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art · Jean-Paul-Preis · Culture and Science Award of the City of Kiel · Johann-Heinrich-Merck-Preis
- Languages
- German
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Born at Rendsburg in 1913, died in Munich in 1997.
Hans Egon Holthusen studied at University of Tübingen, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Employment is recorded with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Northwestern University. Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Order of Merit, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art and Jean-Paul-Preis.
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- 1.Holthusen berichtet über seinen Vater in Martin Greiffenhagen: Pfarrerskinder. Stuttgart 1982. Über seine Jugend in Hildesheim berichtet er in: Unwiederbringliche Stadt. In: Ja und Nein. 1954.
- 2.Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, S. 265.
- 3.Hans Egon Holthusen: Freiwillig zur SS. Merkur, Bd. 20, 1966, S. 921, 1037.
- 4.Bundesarchiv R 9361-IX KARTEI/16681181
- 5.Andreas Eichmüller: Die SS in der Bundesrepublik. Debatten und Diskurse über ehemalige SS-Angehörige 1949–1985. De Gruyter, Berlin 2018, S. 264.
- 6.Biographie von Holthusen, Literaturportal Bayern
- 7.Robert Rduch: Korrektur der Kriegsbilder in der Lyrik von Hans Egon Holthusen. In: Jürgen Egyptien (Hrsg.): Erinnerung in Text und Bild. Zur Darstellbarkeit von Krieg und Holocaust im literarischen und filmischen Schaffen in Deutschland und Polen. Akademie, Berlin 2012, S. 149–154.
- 8.Hans Egon Holthusen.
- 9.Mascha Kaléko: Die leuchtenden Jahre. In: tagesspiegel.de, 22. Dezember 2012.
- 10.Holthusen: Freiwillig zur SS. Merkur, Bd. 20, 1966.
- 11.Zitiert nach: literaturkritik.de
- 12.kulturkreis.eu: 1953-1989 Förderpreise, Ehrengaben (abgerufen am 30. März 2015)
- 13., Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst.
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