Erich R. Andersen
Erich Reinhard Andersen (born October 30, 1937 in Westerland ) is a German writer and radio play author who writes works in High German and Low German .
Life
Erich R. Andersen grew up on Sylt . After secondary school he went to Priwall (Lübeck-Travemünde) for three months to train for cabin boys and went to sea worldwide from spring 1954 to autumn 1959. Subsequently, second apprenticeship as radio and television technician, equipping the Hamburg elevated railway stations with television surveillance systems, technical studies, leading position at Litton Industries in Hamburg and Freiburg / Br. (Inertial navigation system LN 3 for the Starfighter) and until 1996 head of electronics and technical software development at Philips Germany (Beyschlag GmbH. Westerland and Heide / Holstein), then retired.
Published since 1975 through various publishers poetry, Low German theater and radio plays, short prose in anthologies and magazines, standard-language non-fiction books and a novel, as well as three film documents that have been shown several times to specialist audiences and in movie theaters.
Erich R. Andersen is married to Inge geb. Voss, lived with Barbara geb. Ahlborn until her death in spring 2006 and previously with Karin geb. Luckau. He has a daughter, two sons and a granddaughter.
He became known as a writer in 1982 through the Low German play "small form" De Weeg un de Sarg (The cradle and the coffin). Many workshops and seminar weeks trained the aptitude for literary writing. Acquaintance with authors, Germanists, actors, directors and editors. Management assistance in writing workshops "Prosa", own workshop guidance "Radio Play" in northern Germany. Readings in the NDR and in front of an interested audience. Erich R. Andersen lives with his wife in Heide / Holstein.
Publications
- Not a wasted year: brother's ways ; Novel of a Collected Life, Berlin: Pro Business, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86386-800-0
- Life on board on all seas, Berlin: Pro Business, 2004, ISBN 978-3-937343-47-1
- Pamir and Passat - the last German commercial sailors, Berlin: Pro Business, 2007: ISBN 978-3-939533-53-5
- Volkshochschule im Dünensand, Berlin: Pro Business, 2009: ISBN 978-3-86805-396-8
- Op hoge See, op't siede Land, Berlin: Pro Business, 2012: ISBN 978-3-86386-138-4
- Hänner's war boy, Berlin: Pro Business, 2016: ISBN 978-3-86460-419-5
- Visibility - Confrontations, Berlin: Pro Business, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86460-884-1
- Barbara mein Lebensglück, Berlin: Pro Business 2006
- Butenboords: play in three acts, Verden / Aller: Theaterverlag Mahnke, 1991
- Oh you mien Trinidad! : Comedy in three acts, Verden / Aller: Theaterverlag Mahnke, 2003,
- Internet Christmas : Low German one-act play, Verden / Aller: Theaterverlag Mahnke, 2000,
- Internet Christmas: High German one-act play, Verden / Aller: Theaterverlag Mahnke, 2015
- De Weeg and de Sarg: 'n Stück in een Törn, Heide: Westholsteinische Verlagsanstalt Boyens, 1983
- North Sea Island Child : Poems, Pingel-Verlag, 1975
- Radio play: Sylter Arvschop : Low German radio play by NDR and Radio Bremen
- numerous other Low German radio plays broadcast for Radio Bremen and the NDR
Memberships
- Low German Committee in SHHB, Kiel, 1982–2000
- Working Group of Low German Authors eV, Verden / Aller, 1986–2010
- Bevensen Conference, Bad Bevensen, 1990–2014
- Quickborn Association, Hamburg, 1988–2014
- Klaus Groth Society, Heide, 2008
- Brahms Society, Heide, 2011
Awards
- 1st prize "Theater play small form" (SHHB 1983)
- Recognition award radio play (Freudenthal Society Soltau 1985)
- 3rd prize radio play (International Dialect Archive Ludwig Soumagne, Neuss 1997)
- Low German radio play award (Hans-Henning-Holm-Preis Bad Bevensen 2002).
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich R. Andersen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Platt library http://pbub.plattbiblio.de/pbub_person-werke.php?ID=2531&START=1&ORD=JAHR
- Homepage of Erich R. Andersen
literature
- Sowinski: Lexicon of German-speaking dialect authors. 1997
- Kürschner's German Literature Calendar. 2016
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Andersen, Erich R. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andersen, Erich Reinhard (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and radio play author |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Westerland |