Summary
Hugo Thielen (born 1946)[1] is a German freelance author and editor, who is focused on the history of Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, in a lexicon of the city, another one especially of its art and culture, and a third of biographies. He co-authored a book about Jewish personalities in Hanover's history.
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| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Education | University of Bonn |
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Life edit
Thielen studied German language and literature, philosophy and education at the University of Bonn from 1966, completing with the Staatsexamen in 1971.[2] He has lived in Hanover from 1973, working as editor and author for various publishing houses.[2] He worked for Schroedel Verlag, a publisher mainly of school readers, until 1981, for the Th. Schäfer Verlag until 1995, also for the Postskriptum Verlag, for Hirschgraben, a publisher of school readers in Frankfurt am Main, for Zu Klampen Verlag in Lüneburg and Springe,[1] and for Lutherisches Verlagshaus. From 1983 to 1995 he was a freelance music critic for the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung (HAZ). He is[as of?] head of a Verlagsbüro, an office for freelance writers.[1]
Publications edit
Thielen is co-author (besides Helmut Knocke) of Hannover. Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon, a lexicon of Hanover's art and culture,[2] published in 1994 by Zu Klampen Verlag,[1] with a 4th edition in 2007. He is co-editor, author and designer of the Hannoversches biographisches Lexikon (2002) and of the Stadtlexikon Hannover.[1]
First in 1998, Thielen and Waldemar R. Röhrbein, the retired director of the Historisches Museum Hannover,[3] wrote a book about Jewish personalities in the history of Hanover, Jüdische Persönlichkeiten in Hannovers Geschichte. It is organised as a history of the city, beginning in 1303,[3] with a focus on the contributions of Jewish personalities, rather than individual biographies. Around hundred persons are described in some detail,[4] including the principal violinist of the court orchestra, Joseph Joachim.[3] A second edition, completely revised by Thielen, appeared in 2013, in memory of 75 years after the November pogroms.[4][3]
- Helmut Knocke, Hugo Thielen: Hannover Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon: Handbuch und Stadtführer. Ed: Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Zu Klampen Verlag 2007[5]
- Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.): Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon. Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Hanover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9.[6]
- Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Dirk Böttcher, Hugo Thielen (ed.): Stadt Lexikon Hannover. Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart. Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9.
- Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Jüdische Persönlichkeiten in Hannovers Geschichte, completely revised, extended and updated new edition, Hannover: Lutherisches Verlagshaus, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7859-1163-1[4][7]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Autor / Hugo Thielen". Zu Klampen Verlag (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Böttcher, Dirk (2002). Hannoversches biographisches Lexikon: von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart (in German). Schlütersche. p. II. ISBN 978-3-87-706706-2.
- ^ a b c d Benne, Simon (22 October 2013). ""Jüdische Persönlichkeiten in Hannovers Geschichte" / Vom Geiger bis zum Eisenbahnkönig". HAZ (in German). ISBN 978-3-87-706706-2.
- ^ a b c Schreiber, Klaus. "Jüdische Persönlichkeiten in Hannovers Geschichte" (PDF). ifb.bsz-bw.de (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ Hannover - Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon : Handbuch und Stadtführer on WorldCat
- ^ Hannoversches biographisches Lexikon : von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart on WorldCat
- ^ Jüdische Persönlichkeiten in Hannovers Geschichte on WorldCat
External links edit
- Literature by and about Hugo Thielen in the German National Library catalogue
