Writer, born in Berlin, Germany. He wrote for the literary periodical Die literarische Welt before becoming resident playwright and producer at the broadcasting company in East Berlin. His realistic nature poetry, such as Der Knabenteich (1932), shows the influence of Loerke and Lehmann. The later poetic works, written after his move to West Germany, contain political elements. He also wrote several radio plays, notably Dr. Faustens Pakt und Höllenfahrt (1935). In 1971 he was awarded the Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis.
Peter Huchel (born Hellmut Huchel, April 3, 1903 in Lichterfelde near Berlin, died April 30, 1980, in Staufen) was a German poet.
Life
From 1923 to 1926 Huchel studied literature and philosophy in Berlin, Freiburg and Vienna. In 1934, Huchel married Dora Lassel. The couple would divorce in 1946 and Huchel would marry Monica Rosental in 1953. Between 1934 and 1940, Huchel wrote plays for German radio. After his release, he began working for East German radio and in 1949, he became editor of the influential poetry magazine Sinn und Form ("Sense and Form"). After the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, Huchel came under attack from the East German authorities and the following year he was forced to resign the editorshop of Sinn und Form. From 1963 to 1971, he lived in isolation under police surveillance in his house in Wilhelmshorst near Berlin. In 1971, he was finally permitted to leave the German Democratic Republic and move, first to Rome, then to Staufen.
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