Alfred Wellm

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Alfred Wellm (1987)

Alfred Wellm (born August 22, 1927 in Neukrug / Elbing ; † December 17, 2001 in Lohmen / Mecklenburg near Güstrow ) was a German writer .

Life

Wellm was the son of a fisherman. From 1941 he attended a teacher training college in Mehlsack . In January 1945 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht , but no longer took part in combat operations for health reasons. After he had spent the final phase of the war in southwest Germany, Wellm returned to his father in Falkensee . He attended a school for new teachers and worked from 1946 to 1962 in different places in the school service, at times as director of a high school and as a district school councilor . Since 1963 he lived as a freelance writer in Groß-Menow near Fürstenberg, later in Lohmen near Güstrow.

Alfred Wellm wrote novels, books for children and young people and screenplays. In the GDR he was valued as a children's book author. He became known for his critical teacher novel Pause for Wanzka or the trip to Descansar (1968) and the autobiographical novel Pugowitza or The Silver Key Watch (1975). The latter contains a haunting description of the flight from East Prussia in 1945.

Alfred Wellm was a member of the German Writers' Association , the German Academy of the Arts (since 1978), the PEN Center of the GDR and, since 1998, the PEN Center Germany . He received u. a. 1959 and 1969 the Fritz Reuter Prize of the Schwerin district, 1969 the Heinrich Mann Prize and 1976 a national prize of the GDR .

Wellm died on December 17, 2001 after a serious illness in Lohmen (Mecklenburg) .

Works

Alfred Wellm (2nd from left) in conversation with Franz Fühmann (left), Volker Braun (2nd from right) and Erich Fried (right) during the “Berlin Encounter to Promote Peace” from 13th to 13th. December 14, 1981.
  • Igel, Rainer and the others , Berlin 1958
  • The children of Plieversdorf , Berlin 1959
  • The partisans and the shepherd Piel , Berlin 1960
  • Kaule , Berlin 1962
  • The girl Heika , Berlin 1966
  • Break for Wanzka or Die Reise nach Descansar , Berlin [u. a.] 1968; filmed Director: Vera Loebner
  • The horse girl , Berlin 1974
  • Pugowitza or The Silver Key Watch , Berlin 1975
  • Karlchen Duckdich , Berlin 1977
  • The story of little Wruk , Berlin 1981 (together with Siegfried Linke)
  • The girl with the cat , Berlin 1983 (with Siegfried Linke)
  • The hare and the moon , Berlin 1985
  • Morisco , Berlin [a. a.] 1987

literature

  • Karin Kögel: Internationalistic ideas on the works of Horst Beseler, Kurt Davids, Günter Görlich and Alfred Wellms (= series of publications on children's literature , Volume 9), GDR Center for Children's Literature, Berlin 1980, DNB 820002585 (dissertation Humboldt University Berlin, Faculty of Social Sciences, 1976 , 180, 24 pages DNB 780735277 ).
  • Hanna Hormann: Alfred Wellm, literary development and work , Greifswald 1981, DNB 821046640 (habilitation thesis ( dissertation B University of Greifswald 1982, 253, 93 pages); (= series of publications on children's literature , volume 12), GDR Center for Children's Literature, Berlin 1984, Short version: 171 pages), DNB 850826624 .
  • Leonore Krenzlin :  Wellm, Alfred . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alfred Wellm
  2. ↑ Alfred Wellm CALENDAR SHEET Martin Stolzenau 17 December 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Wellm, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Neukrug , Elbing
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 2001
Place of death Lohmen (Mecklenburg)