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Hans Bemmann (April 27, 1922 Groitzsch near Leipzig – April 1, 2003 Bonn) was a German writer. Hans Bemmann studied German language and literature and musicology in Innsbruck. He worked as an editor at the Austrian ''Borromäuswerk'', an association of Catholic libraries,〔 〕 since 1954 and continued to work in this function in Bonn from 1956 to 1987. From 1971 to 1983 he gave lectures in German studies at the ''Pädagogische Hochschule Bonn''. He also worked as a lecturer at the ''Bonner Bibliothekar-Lehrinstitut'' until 1993. In the 1960s he used the pen name Hans Martinson for his publications. == Work == Hans Bemmann's literary break through was the fairytale fantasy novel ''The Stone and the Flute'' in 1983, that tells the adventures of a young man called ''Listener'' in an idyllic fairytale world. A magic stone and a magic flute are meant to lead him the way to happiness, but because of his lack of knowledge of the human nature and his naiveté he abuses his power and makes fateful choices. Fantastic encounters and long hardships give him new perspectives and deep human insights. The story of ''Listeners life is interwoven with his love story. Bemmann's next book, ''Erwins Badezimmer'' (Erwin's bathroom), an epistolary novel, shows the reader a dictatorship that controls its population by systematically simplifying its language. The good-natured linguist ''Albert S.'' accidentally stumbles upon an underground movement, that is directed by ''Erwin'' from an illegal microform library in this bathroom. ''Albert'' finds the love of his life and learns to see the world from a new point of view based on the ambiguous use of language. The idea of manipulation by systematic use of language is also present in George Orwell's dystopia ''1984''. ''Stern der Brüder'' (star of the brothers) is also set in a modern world and shows the path of life of two brothers in a society changing towards a dictatorship. A musician and a geologist, they choose opposing sides of the political spectrum, only to meet again in the end. ''The Broken Goddess'' follows a fairytale researcher on a journey from reality into a fairytale world. An special encounter leads him there to search for, court and in the end find an enchanting woman. The novel mixes reality and fairytale and leaves the hero with a warmer and less mechanical view of the world. ''Die Gärten der Löwin'' (the gardens of the lioness) can be read as a novel on its own, but is also a sequel to ''The Broken Goddess'', in which the heroine shows her story. This book differs from its prequel in syntax and choice of language, so that the author succeeds impressively in painting a different emotional world. The third part in this series is ''Massimo Battisti''. Here many obscurities are resolved in the person of the mage ''Massimo Battisti''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hans Bemmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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