Erich Wustmann

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Erich Wustmann (born November 9, 1907 in Niedersedlitz near Dresden , † October 24, 1994 in Bad Schandau ) was a German ethnologist and travel writer .

Life

Grave of Erich Wustmann in the cemetery in Bad Schandau

Wustmann, who grew up in Bad Schandau, emigrated to Norway in 1935 , was extradited to Germany by the Quisling government in 1940 after the occupation of Norway by Germany and drafted (as a civilian troop supervisor). After the Second World War he lived in Bad Schandau until his death. His many journeys have taken him to Scandinavia , the Faroe Islands , Iceland , India , North Africa and South America .

He wrote 60 travelogues and folkloric books, including about the Sami , Indians (he visited 36 Indian tribes), Faroese and Bedouins . His memoirs appeared in 1983 under the title Through Tundra, Desert and Jungle . In the GDR , where he mostly published with Neumann Verlag in Radebeul , his books had record editions and his lectures filled large halls. But it was always published in parallel in western Germany (sometimes with other titles). In 1984 Wustmann presented the popular 16-part television series Unter Indern, Lappen and Beduinen on GDR television. Barely a year later he withdrew from the public and lived very secluded in Bad Schandau, as he was increasingly troubled by increasing aphasia (word finding disorder).

The special exhibition Erich Wustmann From the Elbe to the Rio Xingu was on view in the Karl May Museum in Radebeul until November 2, 2008 on the occasion of his 100th year of birth .

Awards and honors

  • 1956: Honorary citizen of Bad Schandau
  • 1958 Friedrich Gerstäcker Prize for Taowaki
  • The elementary school in Bad Schandau bears his name.
  • The museum in Bad Schandau presents Wustmann's work in a permanent exhibition.
  • Erich-Wustmann-Gymnasium, Dresden-Prohlis (closed in 2004),

Works

  • How Peter Grosse learned to ski. Reutlingen 1935
  • Children of the wild. Reutlingen 1935
  • The sacred mountains. Leipzig 1936
  • In a tent and a pulp of reindeer. Stuttgart 1936
  • Ole Gynt, the Lofot fisherman. Reutlingen 1936
  • Hunting adventure in the Arctic Ocean. Stuttgart 1937
  • Petsamo fur hunters. Reutlingen 1937
  • Wonder of eternal ice. Stuttgart 1938
  • Gunhild, the rider. Reutlingen 1939
  • Daring Faroese. Stuttgart 1939
  • Light over the mountains. Reutlingen 1940
  • Folding boat trip from fjord to fjord. Stuttgart 1940
  • Under the midnight sun. Radebeul 1941
  • Niels and his adventure. Reinbek 1948
  • A girl between land and sea. Reutlingen 1948
  • Kitzi and other animals. Stuttgart 1949
  • Birds paradise. Radebeul 1949
  • Inga and Rija. Reutlingen 1950
  • 1000 miles in a reindeer sleigh. Radebeul 1949
  • Children in Iceland. Stuttgart 1952
  • Marbu the bear. Radebeul 1953
  • Into the world with pallet and tent. Worpswede 1953
  • Ingrid and the bear. Reutlingen 1954
  • Kristina on Lundholmen. Bamberg 1954
  • Where the ice made the limit. Radebeul 1954
  • The daring. Stuttgart 1955
  • Isbjorn. Radebeul 1955
  • Sounding wilderness. Experiences in Lapland. Kassel / Eisenach 1956
  • Taowaki, the girl from the Amazon. Reutlingen 1956 (License: Zurich 1970)
  • Long way in tropical heat. Radebeul 1957
  • Crao, Indians of the Red Mountains. Radebeul 1958
  • Orchid from the Rio Teia. A girl's life in a jungle hut and fazenda. Reutlingen 1958 (under license: Halle 1989, ISBN 3-354-00529-7 )
  • Karaja, Indian from Araguaia. Radebeul 1959
  • Arapu. An Indian boy from the Xingu. Reutlingen 1959 (under license: Halle 1988, ISBN 3-354-00324-3 )
  • Xingu, paradise without peace. Radebeul 1959
  • Yahua, the blowpipe Indians. Radebeul 1960, DNB 455775095
  • Condor and conch horn. Reutlingen 1960
  • Bahia - under palm trees and brown people. Radebeul 1962
  • Wild riders in the Sertao. A story from the Brazilian jungle. Reutlingen 1962 (under license: Halle 1987, ISBN 3-354-00166-6 )
  • Indians in the highlands of the Cordilleras. Radebeul 1963
  • Las Canarias. Islands of eternal spring. Radebeul 1963
  • Katako. Story of an Indian woman. Reutlingen 1963
  • I am mary-sol. Reutlingen 1964
  • Hrenki and the Great Song. Bayreuth 1968 (under license: Zurich 1972, ISBN 3-545-35108-4 ; Halle 1986, ISBN 3-354-00115-1 )
  • Vitoschi. Bayreuth 1972
  • On the way to see dwarf Indians in Colombia. Radebeul 1973
  • Candida, daughter of the Taowaki. Reutlingen 1973, ISBN 3-7709-0334-X .
  • Indians, where are you? Berlin [East] 1973
  • Gloria. A girl from the jungle. Reutlingen 1977
  • Lenita. Under palm trees and tropical sun. Bayreuth 1979, ISBN 3-7855-1807-2 .
  • Farewell to the Indians. Radebeul 1981
  • Experienced in forest and jungle. Berlin [East] 1982, ISBN 3-358-01143-7 .
  • Manuela. Reutlingen 1982, ISBN 3-7709-0509-1 .
  • Through tundra, desert and jungle. Halle / Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-354-00115-1 .
  • The young sun Koata. An Indian love story. Halle / Leipzig 1985, ISBN 3-354-00237-9 .

literature

  • Thomas Münzberger: Erich Wustmann - literary folding boat trips between the Elbe and the North Sea. In: Herbert Kropp (Hrsg.): Binsenbummeln und Meeresrauschen V. (March 2010), half-yearly publication for river hiking, salt water trips, open air life and small boat sailing. Altenreich Verlag, Oldenburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-9811182-6-1 , pp. 117-127.

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personal data
SURNAME Wustmann, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnologist and travel writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Niedersedlitz
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1994
Place of death Bad Schandau