Udo Steinke

Udo Steinke ( born 2 May 1942 in Lodz, † October 12, 1999 in Munich ) was a German writer.

Life

The chaos of war verschlugen Steinke family in 1947 to Eilenburg. There Udo Steinke attended from 1948 to 1956, the Mountain School and then learned in Eilenburger operation of the confectionery industry Henze the profession of candy cooker. He is the father of the 1963 -born freelance artist Falk -Ingo Renner and also born in 1963 anatomists Hanno Steinke.

In Leipzig he studied from 1960 to 1965 literature and then worked as a lecturer at the Leipzig VEB Printing and Publishing. In 1968 he stayed for a business trip in Germany and chose his residence in Munich. In addition to some casual work, he worked as a journalist and advertising manager at the Goethe Institute in Munich.

His literary breakthrough, he scored with the 1980 novella published Talmann I knew that was awarded the Bavarian Prize for Literature. After six more books were published. A frequently recurring theme in his work is the German division, about double in German. Steinke was friends with the Heinrich Böll, Willy Brandt, and Hans -Dietrich Genscher.

His literary memory is dedicated to the Steinke Institute in Bonn, which was co-founded by Steinke widow. The Institute hosts the Udo Steinke archive with the writing and estate correspondence, organizing author readings and is also a German - language school for foreign students.

Works

  • I knew Talmann. DTV 1980. ISBN 3-423-06305- X
  • Horsky, Leo or the gratitude of the murderer. Ullsteinhaus 1982, ISBN 3-550-06474-8
  • The Buggenraths. DTV 1985, ISBN 3-423-06357-2
  • 's Räuschlein. Ullsteinhaus 1985, ISBN 3-550-06392- X
  • Double German. Snow Kluth 1984, ISBN 3-7951-0879-9
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