Curtis W. Casewit

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Curtis Werner Casewit (born March 21, 1922 in Mannheim ; died March 2, 2002 in Denver , Colorado ) was a German-born American writer .

The German-born Casewit studied languages ​​in Florence from 1933 to 1938 . During the Second World War he served in the French army and worked as a translator for the British army. In 1948 he moved to the United States, where he studied at the University of Denver and the University of Colorado . He then worked as a journalist and literary critic. In 1957 he was awarded the Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America in the category of best literary criticism .

In 1954 Casewit married the writer Charlotte Fischer-Lamberg, with whom he had three children. From 1959 to 1964 he was a buyer for a department store in Denver , after which he became a freelance writer.

He wrote numerous non-fiction books, especially guides and travel literature. The focus was on mountaineering , skiing and Colorado. He also wrote a number of science fiction short stories in the 1950s and the SF novel The Peacemakers (1960), which was also translated into German under the title Der Dictator . For the novel, which deals with the rise of a dictatorship in the United States devastated by World War III, he received the 1960 Colorado Authors League Award .

His estate is in the De Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi .

bibliography

novel
  • The Peacemakers (1960)
    • German: The dictator. Translated by H. v. Perbandt and K. Biege. Pabel (Utopia Science Fiction # 460), 1965.
Short stories
  • The Mask (in: Weird Tales, March 1952 )
  • Table Number 16 (in: Weird Tales, September 1952 )
  • Fermentation (in: Weird Tales, November 1952 )
  • Transfusion (in: Amazing Stories, June-July 1953 )
  • The French Way (in: Fantastic Universe, October-November 1953 )
  • Prediction (in: Weird Tales, May 1954 )
  • The Advantages Are Tremendous (in: Fantastic Universe, August 1955 )
  • Bright Flowers of Mars (in: Super-Science Fiction, April 1957 )
    • German: The dreamer. Translated by Helmuth W. Mommers . In: Günther Zippe (Ed.): Pioneer 8 . Austrotopia, 1962.
  • The Martian Wine (in: Super-Science Fiction, August 1958 )
Non-fiction
  • Ski Racing: Advice by the Experts (1963)
  • The Mountaineering Handbook: An Invitation To Climbing (1968)
  • The Hiking-Climbing Handbook (1969)
  • The Adventures of Snowshoe Thompson (1970)
  • Mountain Troopers: The Story of the Tenth Mountain Division (1972)
  • Overseas Jobs: The Ten Best Countries (1972)
  • Adventure Guide to Colorado (1973, with Steve Cohen)
  • Freelance Photography: Advice from the Pros (1974)
  • America's Tennis Book (1975)
  • The Mountain World (1976)
  • Tennis Resorts (1978)
  • The Complete Book of Mountain Sports (1978)
  • The Stop Smoking Book for Teens (1980)
  • Graphology Handbook (1980)
  • Making a Living in The Fine Arts: Advice from the Pros (1981)
  • The Saga of the Mountain Soldiers: The Story of the Tenth Mountain Division (1981)
  • The Diary: A Complete Guide to Journal Writing (1982)
  • Quit Smoking (1983)
  • The Skier's Companion (1984)
  • Foreign Jobs: The Most Popular Countries (1984)
  • Freelance Writing: Advice from the Pros (1985)
  • How to Make Money from Travel Writing (1988)
  • Skier's Guide to Colorado (1993)
  • Colorado, Off the Beaten Path (9th edition 2007)

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personal data
SURNAME Casewit, Curtis W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Casewit, Curtis Werner (full name); Casewit, Curtis (alternative spelling); Casewitt, Curtis W. (alternative spelling); Vernor, D. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 2002
Place of death Denver , Colorado