Charles Bukowski

Den **Henry Charles Bukowski, Jr.**, gebuer de 16. August 1920 zu Andernach als Heinrich Karl Bukowski a gestuerwen den 9. Mäerz 1994 zu Los Angeles, war en US-amerikaneschen Dichter a Schrëftsteller.

Hien huet vun 1960 bis zu sengem Doud iwwer véierzeg Bicher mat Gedichter a Prosa geschriwwen.

Bis e vu sengem Schreiwe liewe konnt, huet hien op der Post geschafft, wou e Bréiwer zortéiert huet.

Seng Geschichten a Gedichter baséieren dacks op autobiographeschen Erliefnesser, sinn dann awer satiresch iwwerhéicht an handele gär vu Leit, déi vum *[[American Way of Life]]* net vill profitéiere konnten: Strummerten, Prostituéiert, Alkoholiker, Krimineller... Säi Stil ass prezis, gär graff an direkt wann et muss sinn. Hie selwer trëtt doran dacks a Form vu sengem literareschen Alter Ego "Henry Chinaski" (genannt "Hank") op.

Hien huet dann och den Image vun engem versoffenen, genialen Exzentriker mat Léift selwer kultivéiert. Deementspriechend war seng Aura als "Kultauteur"; am däitschsproochege Raum goufe seng Bicher iwwer 4 Milliounemol verkaaft.

Eng ganz Rëtsch vu senge Geschichte goufe verfilmt, dorënner *The Killers* (USA 1980) vum Patrick Roth, *[[Storie di ordinaria follia]]* (Italien 1981) vum Marco Ferreri, *[[Barfly]]* (USA 1987) vum Barbet Schroeder a *[[Factotum (Film)|Factotum]]*(Norwegen 2005) vum Bent Hamer; d'Kuerzfilmer *[[Die letzte Nacht]]* vum Andy Bausch (Lëtzebuerg 1983) a *[[The Man with the Beautiful Eyes]]* (UK 1999) Jonathan Hodgson, souwéi e puer Documentairen.

## Bibliographie

* *Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail* (1960)
* *Poems and Drawings* (1962)
* *Longshot Poems for Broke Players* (1962)
* *Run with the Hunted* (1962)
* *It Catches My Heart in Its Hand* (1963)
* *Crucifix in a Deathhand* (1965)
* *Cold Dogs in the Courtyard* (1965)
* *Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts* (1965)
* *The Genius of the Crowd* (1966)
* *All the Assholes in the World and Mine* (1966)
* *2 by Bukowski* (1967)
* *The Curtains Are Waving…* (1967)
* *Poems Written Before Jumping out of an 8 Story Window* (1968)
* *At Terror Street and Agony Way* (1968)
* *A Bukowski Sampler* (1969)
* *Notes of a Dirty Old Man* (1969)
* *The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills* (1969)
* *Fire Station* (1970)
* *Post Office* (1971)
* *Another Academy* (1970)
* *Anthology of LA Poets* (1972)
* *Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck* (1972)
* *Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness* (1972)
* *Me and Your Sometimes Love Poems* (1972)
* *While the Music Played* (1973)
* *South of No North* (1973)
* *Burning in Water Drowning in Flame.* Selected Poems 1955–1973 (1974)
* *Factotum* (1975)
* *Scarlet* (1976)
* *Maybe Tomorrow* (1977)
* *Love is a Dog from Hell* (1977)
* *We'll Take Them* (1978)
* *Women* (1978)
* *You Kissed Lilly* (1978)
* *Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit* (1979)
* *Shakespeare Never Did This* (1979)
* *Dangling in the Tournefortia* (1981)
* *Ham on Rye* (1982)
* *Hot Water Music* (1983)
* *Bring Me Your Love* (1983)
* *There's No Business* (1984)
* *War All the Time.* Poems 1981–1984 (1984)
* *You Get So Alone at Times It Just Makes Sense* (1986)
* *The Movie Barfly* (1987)
* *A Visitor Complains of My Disenfranchise* (1987)
* *Roominghouse Madrigals.* Early Selected Poems 1946–1966 (1988)
* *Hollywood* (1989)
* *Septuagenarian Stew.* Stories and Poems (1990)
* *People Poems* (1991)
* *Bluebird* (1991)
* *In the Shadow of the Rose* (1991)
* *Three Poems* (1992)
* *Last Night of the Earth Poems* (1992)
* *Run with the Hunted: A Charles Bukowski Reader* (1993)
* *Screams from the Balcony.* Selected Letters 1960–1970 (1993)
* *Pulp* (1994)
* *Living on luck.* Selected Letters 1960s–1970s, volume 2 (1995)
* *Shakespeare never did this* (1995, augmented edition)
* *Betting on the muse.* Poems and stories (1996)
* *Bone Palace Ballet.* New poems (1997)
* *The captain is out to lunch and the sailors have taken over the ship* (1998)
* *Reach for the sun.* Selected Letters 1978–1994, volume 3 (1999)
* *What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.* New poems (1999)
* *Open all night.* New poems (2000)
* *Night torn mad with footsteps.* New poems (2001)
* *The cruelty of loveless love* (2001)
* *Beerspit night and cursing.* The correspondence of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli, 1960–1967 (2001)
* *Sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way.* New poems (2003)
* *The flash of lightning behind the mountain.* New poems (2004)
* *Slouching toward Nirvana.* New poems (2005)
* *Come on in!* New poems (2006)
* *The people look like flowers at last.* New poems (2007)

## Literatur
* Charles Bukowski: *Das Schlimmste kommt noch oder Fast eine Jugend*. Deutsch von Carl Weissner, 12. Aufl., dtv, München 1986, ISBN 3-423-12386-9. (autobiographie)
* Rainer Wehlen und A. D. Winans (Hrsg.): *Buk: von und über Charles Bukowski*. Aus dem Amerikan. von Rainer Wehlen, Erw. Sonderausg. der dt. Erstausg., Maro-Verlag, Augsburg 1989, ISBN 3-87512-090-6.
* Neeli Cherkovski: *Das Leben des Charles Bukowski*. Aus dem Amerikan. von Gerhard Beckmann, Dt. Lizenausg., 1. Aufl. Maro-Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-87512-235-6.
* Barry Miles: *Charles Bukowski.* Virgin, London 2005, ISBN 1-85227-271-6.

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