{"id":4579,"date":"2024-10-27T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-projects&p=4579"},"modified":"2024-12-30T12:32:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:32:01","slug":"siegfried-lenz","status":"publish","type":"hbi-projects","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-projects\/siegfried-lenz\/","title":{"rendered":"Siegfried Lenz: How the Author Uses the Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

With novels and short stories such as \u201cThe Germyan Lesson\u201d, \u201cRebellion\u201d or \u201cThe Lightship\u201d, Siegfried Lenz became one of the most popular German-language writers. In his early years, Lenz was also a prolific radio playwright. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner<\/a> has documented in three extensive volumes what Lenz wrote for radio, mostly for NDR, from the 1950s to the 1970s.<\/p>\n

The writer Siegfried Lenz was closely connected to public service broadcasting in many ways. He was partly active as a consultant and editor for the radio, but above all, he wrote numerous texts for the radio since the end of the Second World War and took part in many productions. For him, radio became an institution that gave him important income. However, it was also a medium, which offered him new possibilities of technical and artistic expression.<\/p>\n

This \u201cmedia work\u201d represents a central part of his work, but has been insufficiently researched until now. Therefore, the project aims at collecting the broadcasting work of this author systematically, and, based on this author, at preparing an exemplary case study on the role of public broadcasting in the interaction between writers and broadcasting.<\/p>\n

The three-volume \u201cRundfunkst\u00fccke<\/span>\u201d [Radio Plays], edited by Hans-Ulrich Wagner, will be published by Hoffmann und Campe on 7 December 2024.<\/p>\n

Media Coverage of the Project<\/h2>\n

Some media reports have mentioned the publication of the three volumes of radio plays by Siegfried Lenz as well as accompanying readings. The following sources are all published in German:<\/p>\n