Irina Korschunow

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Irina Korschunow (born December 31, 1925 in Stendal ; † December 31, 2013 in Munich ) was a German writer .

Life

Korschunow was the child of a German mother and a Russian father and grew up in Stendal. At the time of National Socialism , due to her father's origins, she found herself in the role of an outsider. After the Second World War , she went to Göttingen in 1949 to study German, English and theater studies there and later at the LMU Munich .

Korschunow was the author of numerous books for children and young people, novels and screenplays. For her works she has been awarded the Tukan Prize (1977), the Zilveren Griffel (1985), the Roswitha Prize (1987), the Günther Klinge Culture Prize (2001) and the Hertha Koenig Literature Prize (2004). excellent. She was a member of the PEN Center Germany .

Korschunov's novels for adults can be divided into two creative phases. While she dealt with recent German history and, in an abstracting sense, with her experiences in the pre- and post-war period, in her later oeuvre ( Das Spiegelbild ), she addressed herself in Glück has his price , Der Eulenruf , Malenka und Fallschirmseide (1983–1990) , Ebbe und Flut , From June to June , Das Luftkind , Langsamer Abschied ; 1992–2009) literary material largely free of autobiographical references. This is how epic novels emerged, told in the style so characteristic of Korschunow, “thoughtful language, little embellishment, seldom emotional debauchery. The tone is unpretentious and flowing ”.

Works (selection)

Children's books

  • The colorful dog, the black sheep and the fearful rabbit (1958)
  • The Wawuschels with the Green Hair (1967)
  • News from the Wawuschels with the green hair (1969)
  • Duda with the Twinkle Eyes (1974)
  • When a Unugunu Comes (1976)
  • It was actually a nice day. Tina's Exciting Experiences (1977)
  • Hanno paints himself a kite (1978)
  • Tim and Grandfather's Horse (1979)
  • Therefore my name is Starker Bär (1981), as a Ravensburger paperback: With illustrations by Hansjörg Langenfass, Otto Maier Verlag , Ravensburg, 1983, ISBN 3-473-38883-1 .
  • The finding fox . (1982)
  • Fränzchen Dudel is looking for a treasure with drawings by Sandy Nightingale. Parabel Verlag, Schwäbisch Hall 1985, ISBN 3-7898-0245-X .
    • Original text Hamnet and the Pig Afloat by Tony Nightingale, drawings by Sandy Nightingale. Pumkin Press, London 1983.
  • Little Fur (1984)
  • Töktök and the blue giant (reissue 1985)
  • Little fur wants to get bigger (1986)
  • Fluffy Bear (1990)
  • Steffi's red balloon (1994)
  • Benni and the mumps witch with pictures by Regina Kehn . Arena Verlag, 1994, ISBN 978-3-401044958 .
  • The little clown Pippo (new edition 1996)
  • There Must Be Little Giants (1997)
  • Niki from the 10th floor (original edition appeared 1973, reprint 1997)

Youth books

  • The thing with Christoph (1978)
  • His name was Jan (1979)
  • A Call From Sebastian (1981)

Adult books

  • Luck has its price , Roman. Hoffmann and Campe Verlag (1983), as dtv-Großdruck-Taschenbuch, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-455-04006-3 .
  • The owl call , Hoffmann and Campe Verlag (1985)
  • Malenka , Hoffmann and Campe Verlag (1987)
  • Fallschirmseide , Hoffmann and Campe Verlag (1990)
  • The mirror image , Hoffmann and Campe Verlag (1992)
  • Ebbe und Flut , Hoffmann and Campe Verlag (1995)
  • From June to June , Hoffmann and Campe Verlag (1999)
  • Das Luftkind , Hoffmann and Campe Verlag (2003)
  • Slow farewell , Roman, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-03998-6 ; as audio book : abridged reading by Marion Martienzen , directed by Sebastian Reiss, 2 CDs, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-30664-4 .

Filmography

script
  • 1978: The driver's license
  • 1980: The vacation
  • 1983: How It Happened
  • 1985: the wedding day
  • 1988: Micha's escape

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary Irina Korschunow Die Wawuschelmutter , Berliner Zeitung of January 7, 2014
  2. ↑ word jogging and Yesterday Irina Korschunows novel "Slow progress" , literaturkritik.de no. 5, May 2009
personal data
SURNAME Korschunow, Irina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Stendal
DATE OF DEATH December 31 2013
Place of death Munich