Doris Gercke

Doris Gercke in 2007 at a reading on her novel “Schweigen oder Dieben. Bella Block in Sicily "

Doris Gercke at the UZ press festival 2001

Doris Gercke (born February 7, 1937 in Greifswald ) is a German writer . She also writes under the pseudonym Marie-Jo Morell.

Life

Doris Gercke comes from a Greifswald working-class family who fled to Hamburg in 1949. After attending school at the Lerchenfeld grammar school in Hamburg from 1951 to 1954, she completed an apprenticeship as an administrative clerk , which she had to drop out of because her parents could no longer afford the school fees required at the time. She married when she was 20 years old. After the birth of her second child, she gave up her job and lived as a wife, housewife and mother. In 1980, after a 15-year break, she graduated from high school and studied law . On the other hand, she never practiced the profession of lawyer. Instead, she decided in 1988 to write her first novel: Weinschröter, you have to hang . According to her own statements, she was originally inspired by novels by Raymond Chandler and the Swedish author couple Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö . The crime story about the investigator Bella Block was a success. This was followed by numerous other crime novels with the same protagonist. The figure of the self-confident, rough-legged and hard-drinking detective became known to a wide audience through the television adaptations with Hannelore Hoger in the title role. However, the scripts are now being written by other writers after she gave up the rights to the television character. She also writes books for children and young people as well as volumes of poetry.

The author feels closely connected to the peace movement and the fight against neo-fascism , but is not a party member. She regularly takes part in events such as the Easter marches , demonstrations and conferences of the left opposition. She is a member of the PEN Center in Germany .

Awards

• 1991 Swedish Crime Award (International) for: Du skrattade, du ska dö . Skriftställarna, Lund 1991 (German: Weinschröter, you have to hang . Edition Galgenberg, Hamburg 1988)
• 2000 Glauser Honorary Award of the Association of German-Language Crime Authors - Syndicate for the "overall work of one person in the service of German crime novels"

Works

• Pasewalk. A German story. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-40188-2 .
• Beringer's mission . Ullstein, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-550-08423-4 .
• Milena's desire. Novel . Ullstein, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-550-08363-7 .
• Duel on the Veddel. A crime fairy tale . Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-921305-47-0 .
• Death is in the city. Novel . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-455-02294-4 .
• For a few dollars. Youth book . Elefanten Press at Bertelsmann 1998, ISBN 3-570-14560-3 .
• Ice nests. Poems . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-455-02292-8 .
• Not a foreign country . 1993, ISBN 3-455-02287-1 .
• Hidden. A children's crime thriller . Espresso / Elef.Press, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-88520-430-4 .

Crime stories from the Bella Block series:

• Between night and day . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-455-40424-1 .
• Death in Marseilles . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-455-40285-8 .
• Silence or death . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-455-40076-2 .
• Georgia . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-455-40013-2 .
• Sleep, child, sleep . Ullstein, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-550-08607-5 .
• Bella Ciao . Ullstein, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-550-08377-7 .
• The beautiful murderess . Ullstein, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89834-032-5 .
• The woman from the sea . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-455-02295-2 .
• Genghis Khan's daughter . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-455-02293-6 .
• For life and death. Hoffmann & Campe 1995, ISBN 3-455-02289-8 .
• A case of love . Hoffmann and Campe 1994, ISBN 3-625-20394-4 .
• Kinderkorn . Verlag am Galgenberg, Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-925387-89-7 .
• The island . Verlag am Galgenberg, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-925387-74-9 .
• The war, the death, the plague . Verlag am Galgenberg, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-925387-69-2 .
• Moscow my love . Verlag Galgenberg, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-925387-59-5 .
• Postseason . Verlag am Galgenberg, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-925387-46-3 .
• Weinschröter, you have to hang . Verlag am Galgenberg, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-925387-41-2 .

Radio plays

• 1992: Am Hoffnungsberg , NDR, 55 minutes.
• 1994: Horace McCoy: Shadows of the Past , NDR / HR / SWF, 52 minutes, radio play adaptation by Doris Gercke.
• 1995: defeat , NDR, 49 minutes.
• 1995: Tony Fenelly: Mord auf der Klappe , NDR, 55 minutes, radio play adaptation by Doris Gercke.
• 1997: The Dead House , NDR 44 minutes.
• 2000: In court , NDR / DLB 54 minutes.
• 2001: Wex . A prison psychologist drama. Production: NDR; Length: 54 minutes; Director: Alexander Schuhmacher; with: Matthias Matschke, Judith Engel, Nina Less, Konstantin Graudus u. a.

Audio books

• 2002: Bella Ciao , Ullstein Hörverlag Munich, read by Hannelore Hoger , 4 CDs (288 min.), ISBN 3-550-09068-4

Web links

• Literature by and about Doris Gercke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature about Doris Gercke in the state bibliography MV
• Publisher information on the author and work at Hoffmann and Campe
• Elin Nesje Vestli: Projected onto history: Doris Gercke's Bella Block novels . In: Eva Lambertsson Björk, Karen Patrick Knutsen, Elin Nesje Vestli (eds.): Modi operandi. Perspective on criminal literature. Halden: Høgskolen i Østfold, 2003, pp. 179–194. [1]
• Portrait and interview at krimi-forum.de
• Profile entry Gercke on krimilexikon.de
• "Hannelore Hoger as " Bella Block " . She would love to prevent the crimes ” , FAZ , January 14, 2006, No. 12, p. 45, interview with Hannelore Hoger and Doris Gercke
• Doris Gercke as a guest (from minute 0: 30-31: 10) on Marith Vinzenz's literary program Writers today and yesterday

Single receipts

1. ^ Doris Gercke in: In the middle of Hamburg. 100 years of the Lerchenfeld high school 1910–2010 , p. 70 f. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary, Gymnasium Lerchenfeld, Hamburg 2010
2. ↑ The repeat broadcast Deutschlandfunk Midnight Crime from December 7, 2013