Dietmar Sehn

Dietmar Sehn (born August 22, 1944 in Dresden ) is a German non-fiction author.

Life

Alfred Dietmar Sehn was born on August 22nd, 1944 in Dresden. He learned the profession of materials tester and completed a master's course in metallurgy at the Freital stainless steel plant. The company newspaper "Friedensstahl" published its first glosses.

Sehn studied from 1969 to 1972 at the Institute for Literature in Leipzig and then worked full-time in the cultural sector, for example as a department head for culture and specialist advisor for the artistic word sector at the district cabinet for cultural work. He wrote skits for cabarets and entertainment programs, children's radio plays, reports on local history, glosses and short stories about "everyday life". The contributions were broadcast on the radio, appeared in almost all GDR newspapers, several times under pseudonyms.

From 1990 Sehn worked for Bertelsmann and other publishing houses, completed a journalism training and is a member of the Journalists 'Association Saxony, appears as a speaker in adult education centers and senior citizens' associations. Dietmar Sehn has devoted himself mainly to Saxon history for a decade and is a successful non-fiction author.

The journalist and book author has now published a series of books, including several regional books on Dresden, Leipzig and Bautzen as well as four Christmas books. Sehn has also been working as a tour guide and tour guide since 2004, including at the Dresden Panometer for the exhibitions “Dresden im Barock” and “Dresden 1945”.

Publications

Monographs

• "We have visitors"; "We are learning Russian". Two children's pieces . School party book part III. Zentralhaus-Verlag, 1978.
• Robber Captain Karaseck . Biography. Urania-Verlag 1990. Feature (Sender Dresden) and as a picture story in the children's magazine Fröhlich sein und singen (No. 11/12/86/1/87)
• "Luben became Leuben" - Chronicle of Dresden-Leuben . Dresden History Book No. 6. DZA - Publishing House for Culture and Science, 2001/2008.
• Leuben - from the history of the Dresden district . Co-author. Verlag Anette Dubbers / Sandstein, 2005, ISBN 978-3-937199-33-7 .
• Dresden street stories . Wartberg-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-8313-1620-1 .
• Grew up in the GDR - we were born in 1944 . Wartberg-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8313-1744-8 . 1st edition 2007 / 7th edition 2019 - Weltbild-Verlag
• Grew up in Dresden . Wartberg-Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8313-1833-9 .
• Dresden squares and their history (s) . Wartberg-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8313-2092-9 .
• "Please wait, you will be seated" - Dresden restaurants in the GDR era . Wartberg-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8313-1967-1 .
• Dresden landmarks to the right and left of the Elbe . Wartberg-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8313-2115-5 .
• Our Elbforenz . Wartberg-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8313-2141-4 .
• Christmas in Saxony . Sutton-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-95400-202-3 .
• Christmas in Upper Lusatia . Sutton-Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-95400-380-8 .
• Christmas in the Ore Mountains . Sutton-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95400-592-5 .
• Leibzscher - do you remember . Herkules-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-945608-14-2 .
• You know what? Stories from everyday life in the GDR in Bautzen . Herkules-Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-945608-23-4 .
• Criminals from Saxony . Tauchaer Verlag / 2018 / ISBN 978-3-89772-300-9
• Advent magic in Saxony . Sutton-Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-96303-030-7 .

In anthologies

• Lucie, immediately on the table - glosses - anthology. Tribüne-Verlag, Berlin 1977.
• Two children's plays / school party book part III. Zentralhaus-Verlag, 1978.
• Biography Robber Captain Karaseck. Urania Publishing House, 1990.
• “Luben became Leuben” DZA-Verlag, 2001/2008.
• Leuben - from the history of a district (co-author) Anette Dubers – Verlag, 2005.

Web links

• Literature by and about Dietmar Sehn in the catalog of the German National Library