Hans-Jürgen Heise
Illustration — Hans-Jürgen Heise Hans-Jürgen Heise (6 July 1930 – 13 November 2013) was a German author and poet.
Hans-Jürgen Heise

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- Born
- 1930 · Bobolice.
- Died
- 2013 · Kiel.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- poet · writer · essayist · journalist · translator · literary critic
- Honours
- Andreas Gryphius Prize · Culture and Science Award of the City of Kiel
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Hans-Jürgen Heise Hans-Jürgen Heise (6 July 1930 – 13 November 2013) was a German author and poet.
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Hans-Jürgen Heise (1930–2013) was an essayist, journalist and literary critic, among other activities, of German nationality. The essayist was born in Bobolice and died in Kiel. Hans-Jürgen Heise was a member of PEN Germany and worked in Kiel.
Languages used include German. Honours include Andreas Gryphius Prize.
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Heise was born Hans-Jürgen Scheller in Bublitz, Pomerania, Weimar Germany (modern Bobolice, Poland). His family moved to Berlin when he was still an infant but returned to Bublitz because of the Allied bombing of Berlin in World War II. In 1945 Heise's family fled from Pomerania. Heise started to work as a journalist in Berlin and later became a lector at the University of Kiel. Hans-Jürgen Heise died in Kiel.
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Hans-Jürgen Heise is recorded as having received Andreas Gryphius Prize and Culture and Science Award of the City of Kiel.
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1930
Hans-Jürgen Heise born at Bobolice.
2013
Hans-Jürgen Heise died at Kiel.
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Bobolice.
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Publications
• Vorboten einer neuen Steppe, 1961 • Wegloser Traum, 1964 • Worte aus der Zentrifuge, 1966 • Ein bewohnbares Haus, 1968 • Küstenwind, 1969 • Uhrenvergleich, 1971 • Underseas Possessions, 1972 • Das Profil unter der Maske (Essays), 1974 • Meine kleine Freundin Schizophrenia, 1981 • Bilder und Klänge aus al-Andalus. Höhepunkte spanischer Literatur und Kunst. (Essays), 1986 • Der Macho und der Kampfhahn. Unterwegs in Spanien und Lateinamerika. (Reisebericht), 1987 • Die zweite Entdeckung Amerikas. Annäherungen an die Literatur des lateinamerikanischen Subkontinents (Essays), 1987 • Ein Galgen für den Dichter. Stichworte zur Lyrik (Essays), 1990 • Katzen fallen auf die Beine (Kurzprosa), 1993 • Zwischenhoch, 1997 • Ein Fax von Basho, 2000 • Wenn das Blech als Trompete aufwacht. Schlüsselfiguren der Moderne (Essays), 2000 • Die Zeit kriegt Zifferblatt und Zeiger. Autobiografische Stationen und ein verschattetes Reiseziel, 2003 • Das Zyklopenauge der Vernunft, 2005
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Hans-Jürgen Heise received Andreas Gryphius Prize and Culture and Science Award of the City of Kiel.
Awards
• Andreas Gryphius Prize, 1973 • Kulturpreis of the City of Kiel, 1974 • Malta Cultural Award, 1976) • "kultur aktuell", 1988 • honorary guest of the Villa Massimo, 1989 • Pomeranian Culture Award, 1993 • Andreas Gryphius Prize, 1994 • Kunstpreis of the land of Schleswig-Holstein, 2002
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