Egon Schmidt (writer)

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Egon Schmidt (born November 2, 1927 in Klein Priesen (Bohemia), † May 8, 1983 in Güstrow ) was a German author of books for children and young people in the GDR.

His books were published by Kinderbuchverlag Berlin and Hinstorff Verlag Rostock.

Life

Egon Schmidt was born in northern Bohemia in 1927 as the son of a shoemaker. After serving as a flak helper, he was a soldier from January to May 1945. This was followed by internment, a labor camp and in 1946 expulsion from the ČSR. In Mecklenburg he was initially a stoker and caretaker's assistant until he began a new teacher course in Schwerin in 1947 .

After his first years as a teacher and a qualification course for lecturers, he worked in teacher training until the end of his life: first from 1951 at the Diesterweg Institute in Putbus , from 1955 at the Pedagogical Institute in Erfurt and from 1957 at the Pedagogical Institute in Güstrow , which later became the college of education. For many years he was head of the department for literature and head of the department for German literature and the German language.

Egon Schmidt taught, researched and published on German literature, especially children's and youth literature. In 1961 he passed the state examination, in 1966 he received his doctorate as Dr. phil with a work on Ludwig Reinhard , a Mecklenburg democrat and satirist of the Vormärz. In 1969 he became a university lecturer and in 1972 Dr. sc. PhD. In 1978 he received a professorship.

Works

Anthologies

  • The poets are the gulls of the storm . Hinstorff Rostock 1955

Non-fiction

  • The German children's u. Youth literature from the middle of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1974

Children's books (all children's book publisher Berlin)

Young people's books (all children's book publisher Berlin)

  • Three boys in the ice . 1957 - short description: In the spring of 1956 three children perished in the ice in Lohme on Rügen. This narrative is based on the event, but the plot and people are not identical to the actual events. - Illustrations by Heinz Ebel - This book was awarded a prize in the competition for children's and youth literature by the Ministry of Culture in 1959
  • Fire on the island . 1958
  • The partisan meadow . 1972

additional

  • Jenny Lind and the green flannel jacket. Mecklenburg satires and anecdotes from the years 1844 to 1849 . Hinstorff, Rostock 1970
  • Rowan Days . Narrative. In: Neue Deutsche Literatur (ndl) 1/1975, p. 45
  • (posthumously) German size . In: Life is the highest of goods ..., readings on Schiller . Kulturbund, District Head Schwerin, 1984

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Egon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author of books for children and young people in the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Small prizes
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1983
Place of death Guestrow