Adolf Schröder
Adolf Schröder (born August 26, 1938 in Hamburg ; † May 8, 2008 in Hamburg ) was a German author and taxi driver .
Life
Schröder studied German and history in Hamburg. He lived and worked there too. In 1961 he produced his first radio play . In addition to radio plays, Schröder also wrote novels and screenplays, including for the television crime series Der Alte . In the 1990s he wrote crime novels for NDR . A long-standing friendship and collaboration linked him with the author and radio play director Heinz von Cramer , who also directed Schröder's last radio play, Mutter Hamburg .
Works
Books for children and young readers
- 1987: Gregor's death
- 1991: Exactly, says Andi
Novels
- 1996: The Stranger Boy
- 2001: The card game
Radio plays
Detective radio plays:
- 1991: Berger and Levin - Mayday - Director: Bernd Lau ( NDR )
- 1992: Berger and Levin - The boy who wrote stories on airplanes - Director: Norbert Schaeffer (NDR)
- 1995: Berger and Levin - The Step from the Path - Director: Norbert Schaeffer (NDR)
- 1996: Berger and Levin - Pat - Director: Norbert Schaeffer (NDR)
- 1993: There is no end - Director: Ullrich Lampen ( SWF )
- 1995: The Trumpet Player - Direction: Jörg Jannings , Horst Bollmann , Detlef Jacobsen, David Hirsch, Angela Schanelec . Martin Engler , Iris Böhm , Stefan Marti, Frank Sieckel , 49 min. ( MDR )
- 1999: Beat the drum - Director: Heinz von Cramer, 41 min. ( NDR )
- 2002: If the seagull shits on my head, I'm dead - Director: Andrea Getto , 38 min. ( HR )
Radio plays for children and young people:
- 1995: Sabines Baum - Director: Barbara Plensat (HR / DLR )
- 1997: The Bandoneum Player - Director: Barbara Plensat (HR / DLR)
- 1998: Das Schiff Esmeralda - Director: Barbara Plensat, 37'50 min. (HR / NDR)
- 1999: Numquam - Director: Heinz von Cramer (HR)
- 2000: The Dog Catcher - Director: Karlheinz Liefers (DLR)
- 2000: Kolja - Director: Barbara Plensat (HR / DLR)
- 2002: The Bear - Director: Götz Frisch (HR)
- 2003: Weissauge - Director: Burkhard Ax ( WDR )
- 2005: No trace of Leo - Director: Stefanie Lazai (DLR)
- 2006: Paul - Director: Ulrich Lampen (HR)
Literary radio plays:
- 1987: Katzengeschrei - Director: Ernst Jacobi , 44 min. (HR / SWF)
- 2008: Captured - Director: Thomas Werner (WDR)
- 2008: Mother Hamburg - Director: Heinz von Cramer ( DLF Kultur )
Other works:
- The night rises calmly into the country
- Mr. Pimpanell
- The death of the judge
- Kolja's letters
- The Fox
- Elsa Roth. A report
- Cobweb in the barbed wire
- Nebulae
Awards
- 1963 Kurt Magnus Prize
- 1990 Prize for Literature from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- 1992: Radio play of the month April for Berger and Levin (3rd part: The boy who wrote stories on airplanes)
- 1998: Children's radio play prize of the MDR , 1st prize for Das Schiff Esmeralda
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Schröder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and audio play list (Valaquenta.de)
- Short biography (Schöffling & Co.)
- Audio play list on HÖRDAT
- The boy who wrote stories on airplanes, A radio play from the Berger and Levin series by Adolf Schröder, A poetischer Krimi (Hoerspielkrimi.net)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Adolf Schröder" , Schöffling & Co.
- ↑ "The radio play: Kolja's letters" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , NDR info radio tips: Sunday, August 24, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schröder, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and taxi driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2008 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |