Hugo Dittberner


Hugo Dittberner is a German writer.

Early years

Hugo Dittberner is the son of an accountant. Between 1956 and 1965 Dittberner attended a boarding school in Bad Nenndorf. After successfully completing his schooling he moved on to Göttingen University where he studied German literature and linguistics, history and philosophy, graduating in 1972. He taught briefly at Karlsruhe University before settling to the life of a freelance writer.

Middle years

Dittberner has produced a number of volumes of poetry along with numerous novels and short stories. His colloquial poetry style marked him as part of the "New Subjectivity" movement in the 1970s. Both his poetry and his prose works deal with issues of daily life, frequently reflecting the interpersonal problems and relationship issues affecting members of the "'68 generation"
Between 1974 and 2000 Dittberner was a member of the Verband deutscher Schriftsteller. He is a member of the German section of PEN International and of the Mainz based Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur.
In 1979 he was the recipient of the Award of the Cultural Committee of German Industry. This was followed in 1981 by a Villa Massimo stipendium.
In 1984 he won the Niedersachsenpreis for journalism and in 1994 the Berlin Literature prize. In 1997 Dittberner was awarded a Worpswede Artistic Stipendium, and in 2001 a Cultural Stipendium from the Cultural Centre in Edenkoben. Further awards and prizes followed.

Official recognition

In 2005 the state government honoured him with the Order of Merit

Works


Hugo Dittberner published works
Donnervogel, Göttingen 1973 Pasjes, Bergen, Holland 1973Rutschbahn, Kassel 1973Die frühen Romane Heinrich Manns, Göttingen 1974Heinrich Mann, Frankfurt am Main 1974Das Internat, Darmstadt 1974Der Biß ins Gras, Köln 1976Kurzurlaub, Darmstadt 1976Draußen im Dorf, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1978Jacobs Sieg, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1979Ruhe hinter Gardinen, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1980Die gebratenen Tauben, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1981Drei Tage Unordnung, Bielefeld 1983Der Tisch unter den Wolken, Göttingen 1986Wie man Provinzen erobert, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1986Die Wörter, der Wind, Bergen, Holland 1988Geschichte einiger Leser, Zürich 1990Im Lehm, Bergen, Holland 1992Das letzte fliegende Weiß, Bergen 1992Über Wohltäter, Zürich 1992Das letzte fliegende Weiß, Cologne 1994Wolken und Vögel und Menschentränen, Göttingen 1995Was ich sagen könnte, Stuttgart 1996Wasser-Elegien, zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 1997Arche nova, Göttingen 1998Versuch zu rühmen, Darmstadt 1999Vor den Pferdeweiden, Bergen, Holland 1999Morgenübungen, München 2000Das älteste Testament, zu Klampen Verlag, Springe 2007Das Seevokabularium. Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2010,