Willi Ferryman

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Willi Fährmann (1988)

Willi Fährmann (born December 18, 1929 in Duisburg ; † May 25, 2017 in Xanten ) was a German author for children and young people . His best-known books include the novels summarized in the Bienmann saga The Year of the Wolves (1962), Kristina, don't forget (1974), The Long Way of Luke B. (1980) and Time to Hate, Time to Love (1985) .

Life

Willi Fährmann's father came from Liebenberg in East Prussia and found work in the König brewery in Duisburg-Beeck . He himself was born in Duisburg and began an apprenticeship as a bricklayer in 1946 . Then he acquired over the gifted special permission to study at the Pedagogical Academy and began at the PH Munster and in Oberhausen with the study of pedagogy . From 1953 he worked as a teacher at a primary school in Duisburg and in 1963 was appointed headmaster to Xanten . Here he was able to establish intensive contacts with young people who were very helpful in terms of his later work as a writer. From 1972 until his retirement he held the post of school councilor . As a member of the Catholic youth, Fährmann traveled to England, where he mainly dealt with the life and work of Thomas More . For several years he supported the work of the youth association of the Catholic Young Community (KJG) by taking on the role of editor-in-chief for their magazine forum .

Fährmann is the father of the cameraman and screenwriter Tom Fährmann . He had lived in Xanten on the Lower Rhine since 1963 and was a member of the PEN Center Germany . Willi Fährmann died in May 2017 at the age of 87.

Literary work

The pedagogue Fährmann brought contemporary history into his youth books. Many of Fährmann's books are set in the time of National Socialism , but Fährmann also took up other topics.

In 1962, The Year of the Wolves was Fährmann's first book published by Arena Verlag . This tells the story of the Bienmann family in East Prussia, who fled the advancing Red Army during the Second World War , and is based on the memories of the family's son, who came from the hometown of Fährmann's father. He had met him after the end of the war and after further research had finally published his stories. Further publications followed, including Kristina, don't forget , the story of a German- Polish girl who is outlawed as a German in Poland and as a Polish woman in Germany.

Ferryman also often used the city of Xanten as a motif for his books. His retelling of the Nibelungenlied in the volumes Siegfried von Xanten and Kriemhilds Rache appeared in 1987 and 1988, respectively , while his story Es Happened in the Neighboring House (1968) is set in Xanten in the 19th century. It is based on the true story of a Jewish butcher who was wrongly accused of ritual murder of a child in 1891 and who was subsequently confronted with insurmountable prejudices and attacks by the Christian population.

Fährmann's books have been translated into more than 80 languages.

Awards and honors

Five schools in North Rhine-Westphalia were named after him.

Works (selection)

  • Gray cranes - heading south , 1956
  • The Secret of Gallows Island , 1959
  • The Rainmakers Conspiracy , 1960
  • The Adventures on Nik's Ark , 1962
  • The year of the wolves , 1962
  • Samson buys a tram , 1964
  • The hour of the dolls , 1966
  • It happened in the neighboring house , in 1968
  • Kristina, don't forget 1974
  • The fiery red sail , 1976
  • A place for Katrin , 1977
  • Four friends for Katrin , 1978
  • The Message of the Feathers , 1979
  • The long way of Luke B. , 1980
  • Adventure came on tiger paws , 1981
  • The extremely strong Willibald , 1983
  • Thomas and his great zoo , 1984
  • Time to hate, time to love , 1985
  • And shines like the sun , 1986
  • My grandma was an inventor . With pictures by Manfred Schlueter . 1986
  • The last ferry , 1986
  • My grandma went on the ice . With pictures by Manfred Schlueter. 1987
  • Siegfried von Xanten , 1987
  • Kriemhild's Revenge , 1988
  • The rooster in the basket , 1989
  • The man in the fire , 1989
  • Dietrich von Bern , 1989
  • Carlos and Isabella , 1990
  • Elsa and the Swan Knight , 1990
  • Gudrun , 1991
  • Red King - White Star , 1991
  • The loose tooth has to go , 1992
  • Wieland the blacksmith , 1992
  • Jakob and his friends , 1993
  • The king and his magician: told according to the Arthurian legend . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 978-3-401-04463-7
  • Big dragons, little heroes. Russian fairy tales . Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 978-3-429-01493-3
  • My grandma makes stories . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1995, ISBN 978-3-401-04583-2
  • The embers beneath the ashes . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1997, ISBN 978-3-401-04776-8
  • The wonderful carpet . Echter Verlag, Würzburg 1999, ISBN 978-3-429-02154-2
  • They woke the dawn . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1999, ISBN 978-3-401-04955-7
  • When Grandma was still ironing the paper . Butzon & Bercker Verlag, Kevelaer 2001, ISBN 978-3-7666-0013-4
  • The hour of the lark . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-401-05720-0
  • King Arthur and his magician . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-401-02440-0
  • As far as the clouds go . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-401-06299-0
  • The happiness did not pass. Willi Fährmann remembers . Arena Verlag, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-401-06530-4
  • Star King: A Christmas Legend . cbj Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-15376-5

Audio CD

  • Beeck. Willi Fährmann tells the Duisburg of his childhood , conception / direction: Thomas Böhm and Klaus Sander. Berlin: supposé 2014, ISBN 978-3-86385-008-1

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Youth book author Willi Fährmann died Zeit online on May 26, 2017, accessed on May 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Willi Fährmann. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2016/2017. Volume II: PZ. Walter De Gruyter , 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045397-3 , pp. 233-234.
  3. ↑ a b Lothar Müller : Willi Fährmann has died. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 27, 2017, p. 19.
  4. ↑ cf. z. B. the issues from "November-December 1977" to "January-February 1979" of forum. Catholic Young Community , worksheets for youth work in the community, ed. from the federal management of the KJG, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Düsseldorf
  5. ^ Children's and young people's book author Willi Fährmann died , rp-online.de, May 26, 2017, accessed on May 27, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Ferryman, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author of books for children and young people
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2017
Place of death Xanten