Egon Richter
Egon Richter (born December 12, 1932 in Bansin ; † June 14, 2016 there ) was a German journalist and writer .
Life
Richter, the son of a worker, was sent by his parents to the "Otto Lilienthal" grammar school in Anklam for two years in 1947 . He then attended the newly founded high school in Heringsdorf and graduated from high school in 1951. He then worked as a trainee with the General German Intelligence Service (ADN) in Berlin and studied German and pedagogy there . He then worked as a journalist and from 1955 as a freelancer for “ Sonntag ”. From 1965 he lived as a freelance writer in his hometown. He was chairman of the GDR Writers' Association in the Rostock district . Egon Richter was the nephew of Hans Werner Richter .
Richter died at the age of 83.
Works (selection)
- 1966 Holidays by the fire
- 1967 certificate for three
- 1969 The moor
- 1969 letter from a small townsperson to a skeptic
- 1970 The first moment of freedom
- 1972 Longing for the sun
- 1974 departure of the princess
- 1976 One city and ten faces
- 1977 The golden key from Mangaseja
- 1979 The Liar and the Bomb
- 1985 Hopping into the land of fish
- 1985 The Old Man's Death
- 1986 In the land of the white camels
- 1988 Queen Luise's last trip
- 1990 Bansin. The story of a world bath
- 1992 Usedom. Legends and stories
- 2005 Ahlbeck, Heringsdorf, Bansin
- 2008 Seebad Bansin - The development of a bathing resort
Awards
- 1971 Art and Literature Prize of the Baltic Sea District of Rostock
- 1978 Heinrich Heine Prize from the Ministry of Culture of the GDR
- Order banner of labor
- Order "Count Pomorski" of the People's Republic of Poland
- Medal of Merit of the City of Szczecin
literature
- Günter Albrecht, Kurt Böttcher, Herbert Greiner-Mai , Paul Günter Krohn : Meyers Taschenlexikon. Writers of the GDR , VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1974, p. 453.
Web links
- Literature by and about Egon Richter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Egon Richter in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ↑ The "Doctrine of the Chair Factory" . In: Neues Deutschland , February 2, 1980, p. 9.
- ^ Obituary in the Ostsee-Zeitung from June 16, 2016 (accessed on July 1, 2016).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, Egon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bansin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 2016 |
| Place of death | Bansin |