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Leute Von Hamburg Meine Strasse
Siegfried Lenz' unvergleichlicher Stil in Kombination mit der angenehmen Stimme von Schauspielerin Hannelore Hoger macht dieses Hörbuch zu einem Genuss.
Lenz beschreibt auf feinfühlige Art und Weise die Eigenarten der Bewohner seiner Wahlheimat Hamburg und blickt dabei auch hinter die Fassade der Hamburger Originale. Wer sich besonders hineinfühlen möchte, sollte diese Erzählung unbedingt während eines Stadtspaziergangs durch Hamburg hören.
Lenz beschreibt auf feinfühlige Art und Weise die Eigenarten der Bewohner seiner Wahlheimat Hamburg und blickt dabei auch hinter die Fassade der Hamburger Originale. Wer sich besonders hineinfühlen möchte, sollte diese Erzählung unbedingt während eines Stadtspaziergangs durch Hamburg hören.
- GenresFictionGerman Literature
72 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
About the author
Siegfried Lenz
274 books152 followersSiegfried Lenz (1926 - 2014) was a German author who wrote twelve novels and produced several collections of short stories, essays, and plays for radio and the theatre. He was awarded the Goethe Prize in Frankfurt-am-Main on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. Lenz and his wife, Liselotte, also exchanged over 100 letters with Paul Celan and his wife, Gisèle Lestrange between 1952 and 1961.
Lenz was the son of a customs officer in Lyck (Elk), East Prussia. After his graduation exam in 1943, he was drafted into the navy. According to documents released in June 2007, he may have joined the Nazi party on the 12th of July 1943. Shortly before the end of World War II, he defected to Denmark, but became a prisoner of war in Schleswig-Holstein.
After his release, he attended the University of Hamburg, where he studied philosophy, English, and Literary history. His studies were cut off early, however, as he became an intern for the daily paper Die Welt, and served as its editor from 1950 to 1951. It was there he met his future wife, Liselotte (d. February 5, 2006). They were married in 1949.
Since 1951, Lenz worked as a freelance writer in Hamburg and was a member of the literature forum "Group 47." Together with Günter Grass, he became engaged with the Social Democratic Party and aided the Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt. A champion of the movement, he was invited in 1970 to the signing of the German-Polish Treaty.
Since 2003, Lenz was a visiting professor at the Düsseldorf Heinrich Heine University and a member of the organization for German orthography and proper speech.
Lenz was the son of a customs officer in Lyck (Elk), East Prussia. After his graduation exam in 1943, he was drafted into the navy. According to documents released in June 2007, he may have joined the Nazi party on the 12th of July 1943. Shortly before the end of World War II, he defected to Denmark, but became a prisoner of war in Schleswig-Holstein.
After his release, he attended the University of Hamburg, where he studied philosophy, English, and Literary history. His studies were cut off early, however, as he became an intern for the daily paper Die Welt, and served as its editor from 1950 to 1951. It was there he met his future wife, Liselotte (d. February 5, 2006). They were married in 1949.
Since 1951, Lenz worked as a freelance writer in Hamburg and was a member of the literature forum "Group 47." Together with Günter Grass, he became engaged with the Social Democratic Party and aided the Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt. A champion of the movement, he was invited in 1970 to the signing of the German-Polish Treaty.
Since 2003, Lenz was a visiting professor at the Düsseldorf Heinrich Heine University and a member of the organization for German orthography and proper speech.
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February 5, 2023
I'm not sure if this story is as enjoyable if you don't know Hamburg; even I'm not sure if I know the Hamburg that Lenz describes anymore, as I moved here roundabout 50 years after the first story was published. Still, you see the spirit and soul of the city within these pages - it's a piece of home packed within a short and sweet book.
The second story, Meine Straße, was my favorite, though. Lenz talks about moving to Othmarschen, a very nice and slightly secluded neighborhood in Hamburg (also: quite affluent, as evidenced by the regular break ins he and his neighbors have to deal with) and what day to day life looks like there. As someone who used to know an older lady that lived down the street from Lenz, it was lovely to see the streets and stores I know described with such affection.
I think the core of my enjoyment of this books stems from my love for this city - the same thing that made Lenz write it in the first place.
The second story, Meine Straße, was my favorite, though. Lenz talks about moving to Othmarschen, a very nice and slightly secluded neighborhood in Hamburg (also: quite affluent, as evidenced by the regular break ins he and his neighbors have to deal with) and what day to day life looks like there. As someone who used to know an older lady that lived down the street from Lenz, it was lovely to see the streets and stores I know described with such affection.
I think the core of my enjoyment of this books stems from my love for this city - the same thing that made Lenz write it in the first place.
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