Albert Karl Burmester

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Albert Karl Burmester (born March 11, 1908 in Bremen , † March 19, 1974 in Bremen) was a German boat builder and writer who also published under the pseudonyms Axel Berger , Hans Lander , Alex Reberg and Geo Barring .

biography

Burmester grew up in Bremen, attended elementary school there and learned the trade of boat builder. He then worked as a boat builder and shipyard manager of the family business Burmester Werft in Bremen and Swinoujscie . From 1949 he moved up to the management of the company.

Among other things, he wrote western novels for the book series Bastei- Wildwest-Romane , Western-Express , Rodeo-Western , Top-Western , Colorado Western Story and Top-Western-Express , as well as adventure novels and science fiction novels . The total number of titles published by him (with the publishers Bastei , CS Dörner and Alfred Mülbüsch) is over 500; some have also been translated.

Works (small selection)

Western film

(mostly with the subtitle Wild West Roman )
  • 1936: The cougar.
  • 1939: The long track.
  • 1949: The girl from the border bar.
  • 1956: hot lead.

adventure

  • 1938: The gold hunters.
  • 1938: Camp 26.
  • 1939: The horror of the desert.
  • 1950: fur smuggler.

Science fiction

(mostly with the subtitle technical science fiction )
  • 1935: Panzerfort Nova Atlantis mutinies.
  • 1936: The Amazon dam.
  • 1937: The city in the crater.
  • 1938: The earth tears.
  • 1938: The Sun Sixa.

literature

  • Klaus in the garden: Burmester yacht and boat yard, Bremen: 1920–1979. An important chapter in German boat building and sailing history. Hauschild Verlag, Bremen 2002. ISBN 3-89757-141-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Burmester, Albert Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barring, Geo (pseudonym); Berger, Axel (pseudonym); Reberg, Alex (pseudonym); Lander, Hans (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German boat builder and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1974
Place of death Bremen