Fritz Raab (writer)

Fritz Raab (born April 2, 1925 in Siegen , † February 11, 2010 in Hamburg ) was a German writer and radio editor . He created the comic series "Taró" for Stern, which appeared until 1968. For several years he was the head of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk's youth studio . His best-known novels are "The Monument" and "City Theater".

Life

After the war and his studies, Fritz Raab began working as a freelance writer in 1949. He has written about 250 radio and 50 television manuscripts. He also published several children's books. In 1959 he created the comic series “Taró” for Stern magazine , which broke through the scheme of conventional adventure series through extensive background research and exceptional display quality. The character "Taró - the Indian" appeared for a long time in the supplement of the "STERN" for children " Sternchen ". This comic series, then called "Picture Story", was illustrated by FW Richter-Johnsen.

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Novels, short stories and dramas

• Betty and the 12,000 sheep . Styria, Graz 1957; Spanish transl.
• When the frog croaks ... adventure around a radio play broadcast in black . Styria, Cologne 1958
• Dierk, the blade smith. Recruiting and human trafficking by absolute princes, 1731 . German Laienspiel-Verlag, Weinheim / Bergstr. [1959], 1962
• Olaf does that. Comedy. 1970
• Visit to Ruth . Detective piece. 1976
• Off with you to the fatherland . Children's novel. Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 1977; dtv, Munich 1979
• Taro . 3 vols. Becker and Knigge, Hanover 1978–1980 [comic; with FW Richter-Johnsen]
• The monument . Novel. Knaus, Hamburg 1979; Goldmann, Munich 1981
• City Theater . Novel. Scherz, Bern 1984
• Trari-trara or: how to get rich through the mail . Waver in three acts. German Theater Verlag, Weinheim / Bergstr. [1991].

Radio plays

• Kellerassel - Small border traffic - The state secret [also Dutch] - On principle.

Sound carrier

• Ralph, my friend from the shelter. Radio play. Hamburg: Metronome 1974 [LP].

watch TV

• Kellerassel - The nasty song - The test - Jörn Drescher, 19 years.

Movie

• Streets of Reason - Today for Tomorrow - Robinson in the Wadden Sea [co-author]

literature

• Fight behind the theater scenes( Memento from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Hamburger Abendblatt , March 26, 1985, page 12. On the television game “Fight behind the scenes”.
• Ulrich Schmidt: Criticism in brief . In: Die Zeit , No. 20/1977. Book review "The Monument".
• We are looking for practitioners with a voice and talent . ( Memento from July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Hamburger Abendblatt , December 18, 1971, page 3. On Fritz Raab's work as head of the young studio with biographical information.

Web links

• Literature by and about Fritz Raab in the catalog of the German National Library
• Fritz Raab in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• Biography of Fritz Raab (PDF; 76 kB)
• Reader's page for the Taró comic series with further information
• Interview with Fritz Raab (PDF; 327 kB)