Muschelhaufen
Encyclopedia
Muschelhaufen is a German annual
, originally combining literature and graphic arts
. It was founded by Erik Martin
from Viersen
in 1969 and published - with an interruption of 11 years - until 2008, when the last issue came out (No. 47/48-2007/2008).
. When the members finally spread all over the country, literature, arts and music became the main subjects of the review. In 1969 it got the new title and the Muschelhaufen was born.
From 1975 to 1985 there was a publishing-break. Since 1993 only first publications were edited and each issue had an overboarding part of graphics, paintings, cartoons and photographs. In 1999 Muschelhaufen was subtitled “Jahresschrift für Literatur und Graphik”. Among the permanent members of the editorial staff were artist Martin Lersch und writer Peter Klusen
.
and Markus Orths – all of whom were awarded later the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
. Theo Breuer
, freelancer of Muschelhaufen from 1994 to 2008, annually contributed long essays (e.g. on Mail art
, contemporary poetry and prose) and new poems.
Erik Martin edited numerous special editions (dedicated to writers Werner Helwig, Fritz Grasshoff and Margot Scharpenberg and to artist Gertrude Degenhardt). Further special editions concerning the literature of Greenland
(2005) and the young Danish and Norwegian literature
(2000).
, Annemarie Schimmel
(honoured with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
), Günter Kunert
, Siegfried Lenz
, Walter Bauer
, Christoph Meckel
, Lutz Rathenow
and James Krüss
and many more.
Erik Martin invested special efforts in recovering the work of the aouthors Werner Helwig and Albert Vigoleis Thelen
(still publishing unknown texts from both). There were young (Jan Wagner, Anja Utler) and well-known poets (Friederike Mayröcker
, Eva Zeller
) publishing in the annual and famous artists delivered their photographs and paintings to it (Barbara Klemm, Clemens Weiss
, Elke Rehder
).
Annual publication
An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication....
, originally combining literature and graphic arts
Graphic arts
A type of fine art, graphic art covers a broad range of art forms. Graphic art is typically two-dimensional and includes calligraphy, photography, drawing, painting, printmaking, lithography, typography, serigraphy , and bindery. Graphic art also consists of drawn plans and layouts for interior...
. It was founded by Erik Martin
Erik Martin
Erik Martin is a German writer, songwriter and composer of songs. He is the founder and editor of the literature and art magazine Muschelhaufen.-Life and work:...
from Viersen
Viersen
Viersen is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east of Venlo ....
in 1969 and published - with an interruption of 11 years - until 2008, when the last issue came out (No. 47/48-2007/2008).
History
The annual replaced a small magazine that was published from 1962 – 1969 in the wake of the German Youth MovementGerman Youth Movement
The German Youth Movement is a collective term for a cultural and educational movement that started in 1896. It consists of numerous associations of young people that focus on outdoor activities. The movement included German Scouting and the Wandervogel...
. When the members finally spread all over the country, literature, arts and music became the main subjects of the review. In 1969 it got the new title and the Muschelhaufen was born.
From 1975 to 1985 there was a publishing-break. Since 1993 only first publications were edited and each issue had an overboarding part of graphics, paintings, cartoons and photographs. In 1999 Muschelhaufen was subtitled “Jahresschrift für Literatur und Graphik”. Among the permanent members of the editorial staff were artist Martin Lersch und writer Peter Klusen
Peter Klusen
Peter Klusen is a German writer, translator and cartoonist.-Life and work:Peter Klusen was born in Mönchengladbach. He is a German writer and cartoonist...
.
Subjects and specialities
The subjects of each issue were prose, poetry, essay and critique – throughout combined with illustrations, photographs and graphics. Lots of famous writers published poems and stories in Muschelhaufen but also new texts by upcoming authors were included, e.g. Katrin Askan, Uwe TellkampUwe Tellkamp
Uwe Tellkamp is a German writer and physician. He practised medicine until 2004. Before the fall of communism, he was enlisted in the National People's Army as a tank commander and imprisoned when he refused to break up a demonstration in October 1989...
and Markus Orths – all of whom were awarded later the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
The Festival of German-Language Literature, formerly Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, is a literary competition which takes place yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria...
. Theo Breuer
Theo Breuer
Theo Breuer is a German poet, essayist, editor, translator and publisher.-Life and work:...
, freelancer of Muschelhaufen from 1994 to 2008, annually contributed long essays (e.g. on Mail art
Mail art
Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art through the international postal system. Mail Art is also known as Postal Art or Correspondence Art...
, contemporary poetry and prose) and new poems.
Erik Martin edited numerous special editions (dedicated to writers Werner Helwig, Fritz Grasshoff and Margot Scharpenberg and to artist Gertrude Degenhardt). Further special editions concerning the literature of Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
(2005) and the young Danish and Norwegian literature
Norwegian literature
Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature starts with the pagan Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr Skáldaspillir...
(2000).
Writers and artists
Well-known writers that published in Muschelhaufen are the Austrian poet Ernst JandlErnst Jandl
Ernst Jandl was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator.- Poetry :Influenced by Dada he started to write experimental poetry, first published in the journal "Neue Wege" in 1952....
, Annemarie Schimmel
Annemarie Schimmel
Annemarie Schimmel, SI, HI, was a well known and very influential German Orientalist and scholar, who wrote extensively on Islam and Sufism. She was a professor at Harvard University from 1967 to 1992.-Early life:...
(honoured with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is an international peace prize given yearly at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt am Main, Germany...
), Günter Kunert
Günter Kunert
Günter Kunert is a German writer who left the German Democratic Republic to live in the Federal Republic of Germany ....
, Siegfried Lenz
Siegfried Lenz
Siegfried Lenz is a German writer, who has written 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...
, Walter Bauer
Walter Bauer (writer)
Walter Bauer was a biographer, novelist and poet.Walter Bauer showed himself a promising poet in pre-Hitler Germany, but with the rise of the Nazis he found his poetry being banned. He became an elementary school teacher and after the war had high hopes for a literary life...
, Christoph Meckel
Christoph Meckel
Christoph Meckel is a German author and graphic artist.- Life :Christoph Meckel spent his youth in Freiburg im Breisgau, where he attended Gymnasium. In 1954/55 he studied graphic art at the Academy of Art in Freiburg im Breisgau, and in 1956 at the Academy of Art in München.Since 1956 he has...
, Lutz Rathenow
Lutz Rathenow
Lutz Rathenow is a dissident German writer and poet who was haunted by the Secret Police until the German reunification...
and James Krüss
James Krüss
James Krüss was a German poet and writer.James Jacob Hinrich Krüss was born as the son of the electrician Ludwig Krüss and his wife Margaretha Krüss on Heligoland. In 1941, during World War II, the inhabitants of the island were evacuated to Arnstadt, Thuringia, later to Hertigswalde, near...
and many more.
Erik Martin invested special efforts in recovering the work of the aouthors Werner Helwig and Albert Vigoleis Thelen
Albert Vigoleis Thelen
Albert Vigoleis Thelen was a German author und translator .-Life:...
(still publishing unknown texts from both). There were young (Jan Wagner, Anja Utler) and well-known poets (Friederike Mayröcker
Friederike Mayröcker
Friederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.- Life :From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.She started writing as a 15 year old...
, Eva Zeller
Eva Zeller
Eva Zeller is a German poet and novelist. She lived in the former East Germany until 1956, then lived for six years in Namibia, and now lives in Germany....
) publishing in the annual and famous artists delivered their photographs and paintings to it (Barbara Klemm, Clemens Weiss
Clemens Weiss
Clemens Weiss is a German artist living in the United States.- Youth and Education :Clemens Weiss grew up in the Region of the Lower Rhine Valley where he received technical training in mechanical engineering from 1970 to 1973. From 1977 to 1982, he studied art, philosophy, medicine and geology in...
, Elke Rehder
Elke Rehder
Elke Rehder is a German artist living in Barsbüttel Germany.- Life and work :Elke Rehder studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London . During that time she was predominantly active as a sculptor, where she created objects from iron, steel, copper, granite, marble as well as small...
).
Secondary Literature
- Michael Buselmeier: Hungerphasen, Wandervögel. In: Frankfurter RundschauFrankfurter RundschauThe Frankfurter Rundschau is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. It is published every day but Sunday as a city, two regional and one nationwide issues and offers an online edition as well as an e-paper...
, 8th April 2000 - Hermann Kurzke: Mit frischem Wind in die Romantik. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungFrankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungThe Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , short F.A.Z., also known as the FAZ, is a national German newspaper, founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt am Main. The Sunday edition is the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung .F.A.Z...
, 1st January 1994 - Paul Wietzorek: Muschelhaufen 2007/2008. In: Der Niederrhein. No. 3/2007, Krefeld,
External links
Note: The following links are in German.- Homepage of Muschelhaufen
- Photo-Collage (Muschelhaufen 2002) (Photo: Ursula Brunbauer)