Dieter Bongartz
Dieter Bongartz (born March 25, 1951 in Dülken ; † November 18, 2015 in Cologne ) was a German writer . In addition to his work as a children's and youth novelist, he was best known as a screenwriter and filmmaker.
Life
Since 1980 Dieter Bongartz lived and worked in Cologne . He processed his memories of his own childhood in Dülken in the early 1960s in the children's novel Der tehnte Sommer des Kalli Spielplatz , which was made into a movie in 2003 based on its script under the title The tenth summer .
His television-produced films Bride of Christ , The Hidden City and the documentary series Ein Sommer und eine Liebe (WDR 1999) were each nominated for the Adolf Grimme Prize . Bongartz dealt intensively with the topic of right-wing radicalism among young people, including in his 2003 book Makadam . In 2014, the two-part TV series Till Eulenspiegel was released , for which he wrote the script together with his daughter Leonie Bongartz.
Together with Patrick Findeis he ran a writing school in Cologne for young people of the SK Stiftung Kultur . He used to play an extra role in his films.
Bongartz was buried in a sponsorship grave in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (lit. J).
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Non-fiction, epic, poetry
- Shot back. 1933 and beyond (1979, editor)
- Contribution to films, satires, books for young people in anti-fascist classes (1980)
- Wrong turns. A Psychiatry Book (1981, with Alexander Goeb )
- The drug book (1981, with Alexander Goeb)
- See Yourself Through Windows (1982)
- I Sing About Peace (1983)
- Wrong Paths (1984)
- Chronicle of a Distance from Service (1985)
- Flowers for Angie (1994)
- Humpelstiltskin (1995)
- The tenth summer of the Kalli Playground (1999)
- Very Different Than You Think (2002)
- Macadam (2003)
Scripts
- Bride of Christ (ARD, 1984)
- The Hidden City (ZDF, 1988)
- Clear-cutting (WDR / ARTE, 1993)
- Jump (WDR / 3SAT, 1995)
- The best teacher in the world (2006)
- The brave little tailor (ARD, 2008)
- Puss in Boots (ARD, 2009)
- The master thief (ARD, 2010)
- Allerleirauh (ARD, 2012)
- From the fisherman and his wife (ARD, 2013)
- Till Eulenspiegel (ARD, 2014)
- Hans im Glück (ARD, 2015)
Web links
- Dieter Bongartz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Dieter Bongartz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Dieter Bongartz
Footnotes
- ↑ Dülken mourns Dieter Bongartz
- ^ Obituary notice in the Rheinische Post from November 28, 2015
- ^ Dieter Bongartz. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 104, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
- ↑ Denitsa Rutseva: The writing school is like an island. (Report) “Herzgeburten Hirngespinste” of the writing school class 2014 presents its texts. In: SK Foundation Culture of Sparkasse KölnBonn. December 2014, archived from the original on February 2, 2015 ; accessed on February 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Five questions for Dieter and Leonie Bongartz. (Interview) We asked the scriptwriters ... (No longer available online.) In: Das Erste. October 14, 2014, archived from the original on February 15, 2016 ; accessed on February 14, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bongartz, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German child, youth and screenwriter as well as filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dulken , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th November 2015 |
| Place of death | Cologne |