Hermann-Peter Piwitt
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Hermann-Peter Piwitt
By (Author) David Basker
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
6th February 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
838.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
160
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
186g
Description
Hermann-Peter Piwitt belongs to the generation of West German writers the beginning of whose careers coincided with the student movement of 1968. His career is of particular interest from the perspective of a Europe in which a left-wing alternative to the politics of the centre, has disappeared. Through a series of academic articles in English and German, this volume charts his career, from early left-wing commitment, through portraits of life in the Federal Republic of the 1970s and 1980s, to an assessment of his literary and political stance following unification. The volume also includes a previously unpublished essay by Piwitt himself, and an interview with the author held during his period as writer-in-residence at the University of Wales, Swansea.
Author Bio
David Basker is Lecturer in German at the University of Wales, Swansea.
