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Ernst Dittrich Wenig (born December 5, 1944 in Dessau ) is a German writer who published in the GDR .

Life

Ernst Wenig was born in Dessau in 1944. His father was an engineer who died in World War II in 1944 , his mother a commercial clerk . His schooling lasted from 1951 to his Abitur at an EOS in 1963. In between there were five years that he spent in Regensburg with his mother until he and her moved to the GDR in 1960 - again to Dessau. At a writers' bazaar he came into contact with a circle of writing workers . He felt reminded of his good essay grades and intended to join such a circle, so his first attempts at writing date back to 1963. He became a member of the circle of writing workers of the VEB Junkalor " W. Majakowski " Dessau, initially under the direction of its founder Werner Steinberg , then under his successor Manfred Jendryschik . After several revisions, he finally gave up his novel Waiting for a Conversation as a failure.

After graduating from high school, he worked from 1963 to 1964 as a retailer in the Dessau bookstore, then as a coal worker in the fermentation chemistry boiler house. From 1965 to 1966 he served in the National People's Army . He then worked as a production worker at the Institute for Cement (IfZ). From 1967 to 1971 he studied economics in Halle . As a graduate in economics , he was from 1971 to 1974 in Dessau in a configuring mode of the construction industry busy. There he was entrusted with the tasks of organization, planning and IT . At the end of 1975 he decided to work as a freelance writer.

This was followed by publications in magazines and anthologies . He had also written theater reviews for the Halle SED district newspaper Freiheit , as he was interested in the stage arts , but did not study theater studies . The Mitteldeutsche Verlag and the Institute for Literature "Johannes R. Becher" Leipzig supported him with sponsorship awards. In 1975 his novel The Relationship was published by Mitteldeutscher Verlag and achieved a total of six editions.

From 1977 to 1978 he took a special course for scriptwriters at the Babelsberg Film School . He then switched to film scenarios , some of which were realized, but most of which were not accepted. The movie The Bicycle, with Heidemarie Schneider and Roman Kaminski in the leading roles, was made based on his film scenario created for DEFA and was a success in the GDR in 1981. After that, Wenig set about processing the material for a book edition of this story. The novel was published in 1982 under the title Breaking Off Relationships .

In 1984, Wenig brought together 17 texts written between 1968 and 1983 under the title Sometimes the Men, Always the Women . The volume shows a period of action that spans from the 17th century to the presence of poetry. "Three social orders [...] form the social framework of conflict-ridden human stories".

From 1982 to 1986 he was a member of the Writers 'Association of the GDR , from March 1983 a member of the Halle District Board of the Writers' Association.

reception

Der Morgen wrote about Sometimes the men, always the women : “Ernst Wenig's stories are always about human fates, things that have been experienced, thought, and dreamed of. The author writes about men and women of our day who grapple with truths and the changeable [...]. Ernst Wenig [...] sometimes uses a language that is not easily accessible, but has its own charm. "The New Germany summed up:" A tightly written, sometimes tense prose with concise, powerful images and interesting everyday discoveries. "

Works

  • The coffins of Mr. Leininger. In: Neue Deutsche Literatur , 13th year, issue 10/1965, pp. 127-131.
  • The coffins of Mr. Leininger. In: Poetic Workshop. Stories and poems by the Dessau city circle W. Majakowski. Werner Steinberg (Ed.), Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1968, pp. 95-100.
  • Why I find it difficult to write a real portrait of my colleague Schäl, Kurt. In: people in this country. Portraits. Editors Sylvia Albrecht, Manfred Jendryschik, Klaus Walther . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1974, pp. 333-350.
  • The relationship. Novel. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1975.
  • Sunday morning. In: Neue Deutsche Literatur , Vol. 24, Issue 2/1976, pp. 136–140.
  • If, for example, Prague didn't exist. In: On the road to Kłodawa. Travel stories and impressions. Edited and with an afterword by Manfred Jendryschik. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale), 1977, pp. 278–289.
  • Story about Senfthagen. In: Bazaar at the red tower. Impressions with brush and pen. Published by the Writers' Association of the GDR - Halle district. The selection was made by: Hinz Sachs, Joachim Rähmer and Günter Gnauck. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1979, pp. 170–171.
  • Paralipomena. In: Inge von Wangenheim : Comrade Somebody and the Classics. Thoughts of a writer in search of the legacy of his time. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1981, pp. 117–129.
  • Breaking off relationships. Novel. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1982.
  • Bernd Braginski. In: Alfons on the roof and other stories. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig, 1982, pp. 279-280.
  • Album sheet for DM In: The drawer. First hand texts. [Volume 1.] Edited by Helga Duty, Roswitha Jendryschik, Karin Röntgensch. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1982, pp. 154–159.
  • Attempt at a Prussian legend. In: The drawer. First hand texts. [Volume 1.] Edited by Helga Duty, Roswitha Jendryschik, Karin Röntgensch. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1982, pp. 211-217.
  • The letter. In: The drawer. First hand texts. [Volume 1.] Edited by Helga Duty, Roswitha Jendryschik, Karin Röntgensch. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1982, pp. 218–220.
  • Story about Senfthagen. In: New German Literature. Monthly for Literature and Criticism , 31st vol., Issue 3/1983, Introducing a Circle, pp. 108–110.
  • Sometimes the men, always the women. Stories (= small edition ). Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1984.
  • Occasionally Gerda G. In: Jetzt. 50 stories from everyday life. Verlag Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-379-00206-2 , pp. 38-42.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Brigitte Böttcher (Hrsg.): Inventory. Literary profiles . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 1976, Ernst Wenig, p. 118 f .
  2. ↑ a b c d blurb on The relationship .
  3. ^ Rüdiger Bernhardt: From writing on the bitter fields way. The movement of writing workers - considerations and experiences (=  Edition Marxist sheets . Volume 112 ). Neue Impulse Verlag, Essen 2016, ISBN 978-3-946845-24-9 , Part two: Basics of a history of the movement of writing workers. Chapter “Literary salons of folk art. On the history, tasks and methodology of the circles of writing workers ”, section 6. First results - the methodology of work, p. 101 f .
  4. ↑ a b c d Marlene Köhler: Interest in people and in our everyday life. Conversation with the writer Ernst Wenig (Dessau) . In: freedom . Hall August 19, 1982.
  5. ↑ SN: Ernst Wenig: Modern, artful narrative style . In: Liberal-Democratic Newspaper . April 16, 1979, Literature / From Science and Technology.
  6. ↑ Dunja Welke: Driving contradictions. Ernst Wenig: "Sometimes the men, always the women" . In: Writers' Association of the German Democratic Republic (Ed.): New German Literature . Monthly for literature and criticism. Berlin April 1985, New Works - Positions, Reviews, p. 156-160 .
  7. ↑ ALZ: Woman things… In: The morning . February 23, 1985.
  8. ^ Roland Müller: Small volume with remarkable prose . In: New Germany . March 9, 1985.
personal data
SURNAME Little, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Little, Ernst Dittrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau