Anne Geelhaar
Anne Geelhaar (born April 5, 1914 in Teichrode , Bomst district , Prussia, today Siedlec, Poland, † April 12, 1998 in Berlin ) was a German children's book author . She also wrote scripts for episodes of Our Sandman and for the DEFA children's film The Singing, Sounding Tree . She was the recipient of the Theodor Körner Prize , the Alex Wedding Prize and the Patriotic Order of Merit .
Life
Anne Geelhaar (born as the daughter of the magistrate's employee Heinrich Pelchen, 1878–1964) went to school in Magdeburg, where she trained as a typesetter, from 1932 as an editorial trainee, worked 1950–1957 in Berlin as an editor for the ABC newspaper , later as a freelance author. She wrote over 35 children's books, over four million copies of which were published, mainly in the GDR.
Works (selection)
Books, picture books and stories
- Till Eulenspiegel. 1953
- The proud Gigaka. 1956
- From Springinkel and the golden cows. 1957
- Andreas with the school folder. 1959
- Six in a ring. 1960
- Goose Dolli. 1961
- The snowman is looking for a woman. 1961
- with Ingeborg Meyer-Rey : Hans Fröhlich and the bird house. 1961
- Knirps and Stefan. 1962
- Two long ears behind the bush. 1962
- In the blueberry forest. 1965
- Filip and the shepherd maxi. 1966
- The starship. 1967
- It happened in Marianow. 1970
- The letter from Odessa. 1970
- Dear May, come and do it. 1971
- The rainbow meadow. 1972
- Bunny Schnurks. 1973
- The little commander. 1974
- The Prince of Hovinka. 1974
- The geese were singing. 1975
- Out into the world. Episodes and pictures from the life of the young Goethe. 1977
- Trout gold belly. 1979
- Head, my head. 1979
- The girl under the rose tree. 1980
- The doll in the moss. 1982
- The marmot and the bear. 1988
- The green horse. 1989
- The singing, ringing tree. 1993
- Grandma on the rainbow. 1994
Retelling
- Till Eulenspiegel, selected for children and retold. 1953
- The Horned Siegfried and Other Folk Books. 1956
- Fortunat and his sons, seven popular books. 1959
- The shepherd. 1967
- The seven Swabians and other popular books. 1968
- Jockel red belly. 1971
- Kjambaki. 1973
- The fairy tale house. 1979
- Bird titiako. 1982
- The monkey tree. 1986
- Bamboo blossom. 1987
Scripts
- The singing, ringing tree. 1956
- The animal kindergarten. 1962
- The colorful hat. 1964
- The little commander. 1973
literature
- Anne Geelhaar on her 70th birthday. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1984
- Steffen Peltsch: Anne Geelhaar. In: Erik Simon & Olaf R. Spittel (Hrsg.): The science fiction of the GDR. Authors and works. A lexicon. Verlag Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-360-00185-0 , pp. 148f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung , March 7, 1980, p. 4
- ^ Annotated bibliography: Children's and youth books from 1945 to 1990 , column 1060
Web links
- Literature by and about Anne Geelhaar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Anne Gelhaar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The children's book author Anne Geelhaar died on Sunday: From the singing, sounding tree , obituary by Claudia von Zglinicki in the Berliner Zeitung , April 14, 1998
- Anne Geelhaar Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Geelhaar, Anne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German children's writer and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Teichrode , district of Bomst |
DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1998 |
Place of death | Berlin |