Balduin Thieme

Balduin Thieme (pseudonym Peter Uhu , born September 8, 1910 in Dresden ; † December 12, 1996 ibid), was a German poet and writer .

Life

Born in Dresden-Übigau, Balduin Thieme studied philosophy , German and folklore in Dresden , Vienna and Leipzig . His thesis on the folk customs of the Wends / Sorbs was not accepted for ideological reasons and was destroyed in the Dresden fire in 1945 .

He found his first job in 1937 at the radio, Sender Dresden, for which he worked again from 1945 after his military service.

Since around 1950 he has also published under the pseudonym "Peter Uhu".

From 1953 to 1970 he worked as a culture editor for the Sächsisches Tageblatt in Dresden. From 1971 he worked as a freelance writer.

He lived in Dresden-Dölzschen since 1952 and found his final resting place in 1996 in the Dölzschen cemetery .

Balduin Thieme was best known for his reviews in Dresden daily newspapers and his long-standing series of poems "For the weekend of Peter Uhu".

1955 Help us! with pictures by Hanna Roth-Schaberschul 1955 Postreiter-Verlag Halle / Saale
1955 with us! with pictures by Hanna Roth-Schaberschul 1955 Postreiter-Verlag Halle / Saale
1959 traffic picture book Come with me! (with pictures by Heinz Schietzelt), Postreiter-Verlag Halle / Saale
1960 The clock (with pictures by Günter Schmitz ), Postreiter-Verlag Halle / Saale
1961 Three around the world (with drawings by E. Rusznyak), Postreiter-Verlag Halle / Saale and Corvina-Verlag Budapest

1964 Man experiences his blue miracle (Illustrations Barbara Grahl), book publisher Der Morgen
1966 Written in red ink on the margin (Illustrations Barbara Grahl), Buchverlag Der Morgen
1979 The commission in chansons, songs, lieder by interpreters of the GDR, VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag Berlin
2010 Between Day and Dream / Completely imperfect two-part book with poems by Balduin Thieme and Peter Uhu from the estate, Edition Peter Uhu Dresden-Dölzschen