Johannes Kühn (writer) explained

Johannes Kühn
Birth Date:1934 2, df=y
Birth Place:Bergweiler, Tholey, Territory of the Saar Basin
Death Place:Hasborn-Dautweiler, Saarland, Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:Writer
Poet
Education:Saarland University
University of Freiburg

Johannes Kühn (3 February 1934 – 3 October 2023) was a German writer and poet.[1]

Biography

Born in Tholey on 3 February 1934, Kühn grew up in a family of miners. In 1948, he enrolled at the, but dropped out in 1953 without a diploma. He studied at Saarland University and the University of Freiburg as a guest student from 1956 to 1961. From 1963 to 1973, he worked for his brother's engineering company.[2] During this time, he also wrote dramas, poems, and fairy tales, which failed to gain much attention at first.

Following his time as an engineer, Kühn traveled through Saarland and wrote poems on nature. However, at the start of the 1980s, he gradually stopped publishing poems. However, his works were published by and he received very positive responses.[2] His life was represented in the 2018 film Papier, Stift, Kaffee und Zigarren – Der Dichter Johannes Kühn, directed by Gabi Heleen Bollinger.[3]

Johannes Kühn died on 3 October 2023, at the age of 89.[4]

Works

Poems

Plays

Prose

Audiobooks

Notes and References

  1. News: 4 October 2023. Lyriker Johannes Kühn gestorben. German. Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 5 October 2023.
  2. News: Steinfeld. Thomas. 3 February 2014. "Nenne ihn Hirt seiner Dörfer": Der saarländische Dichter Johannes Kühn wird achtzig Jahre alt. German. Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  3. News: 9 November 2018. Premiere des SR-Films "Papier, Stift, Kaffee und Zigarren – Der Dichter Johannes Kühn". German. Saarländischer Rundfunk. 5 October 2023.
  4. News: 3 October 2023. Schriftsteller Johannes Kühn gestorben. German. Saarländischer Rundfunk. 5 October 2023.