Berend de Vries
Berend de Vries (born December 31, 1883 in Emden , † November 25, 1959 in Emden) was an East Frisian author.
Life
Berend (also written Bernhard) was the son of a ship's captain. His maternal grandfather was a march builder. De Vries completed a telegraph apprenticeship after school and then became a telegraph officer in Emden. During this time he began to write. Health restrictions then led to his early retirement.
After that he devoted himself more intensively to writing, also in Low German. The narrative work thematically revolves around East Friesland, the sea and the landscapes it has shaped: the marshes , the mudflats and the islands .
In 1958, he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his life's work.
Works (excerpt)
- 1932: Schipp ahoy, ballads and poems, Hamburg
- 1953: Dat Schipp Mannigfual , poems and ballads, Aurich
- 1958: De Fahrt na't Witte Aland , stories, Hamburg
Honors
- 1952: Klaus Groth Prize
- 1958: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
swell
- Martin Stolzenau: From telegraph clerk to literary man known far beyond East Friesland; Supplement Friesische Heimat, No. 19 of November 19, 2009; to the display for Harlingerland
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhard Goltz , Ulf-Thomas Lesle (ed.): Dat Land so free un wiet . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-455-40026-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vries, Berend de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | de Vries, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | East Frisian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emden |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1959 |
| Place of death | Emden |