Carl Wüsthoff
Carl Wüsthoff , pseudonym: Karl Pinnbarg (born April 6, 1902 in Bargensdorf ; † January 2, 1992 in Hamburg ) was a German writer .
Life
The "red grandfather" grew up in a rural area and worked as a herding boy. Then he did an apprenticeship as a farrier .
In 1920 he demonstrated with other workers against the Kapp Putsch , joined the trade union and the SPD , which he soon left to join the communist youth association in Neubrandenburg . In Pinneberg he became a city councilor of the KPD and works council . He was friends with Willi Bredel . He wrote articles for the Hamburger Volkszeitung , was a member of the Association of Proletarian Revolutionary Writers (BPRS) and got to know Ernst Thälmann .
The “school of writing workers” in Hamburg was founded in 1968 by him together with Peter Schütt . The working group literature of the working world has been organizing “Carl Wüsthoff Meetings” at the Heinrich Hansen Lage-Hörste Folk High School since 1982 .
Works
- 1974: The Red Grandfather tells. ISBN 3-436-01857-0 .
- 1976: You have to fight against foxes. ISBN 3-88142-155-6 .
- 1980: history you can touch. Experiences and anecdotes of the red grandfather. ISBN 3-596-22211-7 .
In addition, his stories and poems have been published in many anthologies.
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Wüsthoff in the catalog of the German National Library
- Carl Wüsthoff in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wusthoff, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karl Pinnbarg (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bargensdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd January 1992 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |