Christa Kozik

Christa Kozik (born January 1, 1941 in Liegnitz ; actually probably Kożik , also Kočik and Kožik ) is a German writer , film scenarist and radio play author .

Life

Kozik first came to Thuringia as a child in 1945 and then grew up in Kleinmachnow near Potsdam. After an apprenticeship as a cartographic draftsman, she worked as an assistant in the DEFA documentary film studio from 1969 and studied dramaturgy at the Babelsberg University of Film and Television from 1970 to 1976 . From 1977 to 1978 he studied at the Literature Institute in Leipzig. She lives as a freelance writer in Potsdam- Babelsberg .

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Her main works are books and films for children, and she has often worked with director Rolf Losansky . But she has also worked on subjects for adults, such as the fate of Hölderlin in the film scenario for Half of Life .

Often their stories are about problems that every child may encounter in everyday life. The author portrays them in a fairytale-like way, with humor and a poetic eye. In doing so, she also takes up unreal solutions and plays them through.

A not fairy-tale-like, but poetic film by the author achieved a downright proverb in East Germany: Seven Freckles . It's about first love; Here, too, the author supports her heroes, a young couple in love, against the morally sour frowns of adults - even with Shakespeare . In the film Green Wedding , she extended the romantic story into everyday life.

Christa Kozik is one of the permanent authors of the RotFuchs magazine .

She is the grandmother of the actor and musician Christoph Kozik , who became famous for the children's and youth series Schloss Einstein in the early 2000s.

Works (selection)

Contributions

Poem my little brother . In: The cat is sitting in the lilac tree. A yearbook for children , Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1977
Half of life . In: The Chicken of Columbus. Espresso stories , New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1981
A letter to the children . In: I like to live so much. A peace book for children , Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1982
Matschka . In: The Acrobat on the Roof , Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-358-00786-3
Limited happiness. Childhood in the GDR , Hitzeroth-Verlag, Marburg 1992, ISBN 3-89398-089-X

Books

Poems . New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1980 (Issue 158 from the Poesiealbum series )
Moritz in the advertising column . Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1980 (Benziger, 1982, ISBN 3-545-32217-3 (as a licensed edition; title Moritz and the speaking cat ); Kinderbuchverlag, 1993 ISBN 3-358-02071-1 (probably modified version))
The angel with the golden mustache , Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1983 (Kinderbuchverlag, 1994, ISBN 3-358-01446-0 (probably modified version))
A snowman for Africa . Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-358-00930-0 (Arena Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-401-07018-5 ; LeiV, 1995, ISBN 3-928885-40-5 )
Arabian Nights. Poems . New life publishing house, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-355-00646-7
Henriette the snail . Young World Publishing House, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-7302-0630-3 (cardboard picture book)
Kicki and the King. A cat novel . Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-358-01346-4 (continues the story of Moritz in the advertising column ; Hoch-Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-7779-0463-5 ; Thienemann Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-522 -17137-3 )
Gritta from the rat castle . Hoch-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-7779-0475-9 (based on motifs from the fairy tale novel The Life of High Countess Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns by Gisela and Bettina von Arnim ); New edition by Altberliner Verlag under the title: Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns , 1994, ISBN 3-357-00957-9 ; New edition as an e-book by EditionDigital under the title Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns - vom Rattenschloss , 2012, ISBN 978-3-86394-358-5
The enchanted burglar . LeiV, 1994, ISBN 3-928885-64-2
Philip and the cat tiger . 2001: LeiV, ISBN 3-89603-077-9 (probably book version of the film Philip the Little )
Arabian Nights. Poems . Märkischer Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-931329-30-5
Trumpet Anton or The Secret of the Silver Tone . 2003 (probably book version of the film Trumpet Tone )

Filmography

Awards

1979: National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class for art and literature
2014: Hölderlin ring for half of life

Web links

Literature by and about Christa Kozik in the catalog of the German National Library
Brief biography and information on Christa Kozik's work at Literaturport
Christa Kozik in the Internet Movie Database (English)

References and comments

↑ Note: The author's name is spelled differently in their works, sometimes even in the same book different spellings are used on the cover and the title page.

personal data
SURNAME	Kozik, Christa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kożik, Christa; Kočik, Christa; Kožik, Christa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer, film scenarist and radio play author
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Liegnitz

[1] Note: The author's name is spelled differently in their works, sometimes even in the same book different spellings are used on the cover and the title page.