Fritz Specht (writer)

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Fritz Specht (born October 30, 1891 in Hamburg , † March 3, 1975 in Wentorf near Hamburg ) was a Low German writer .

Life

Specht, son of a teacher, attended the universities of Munich and Rostock after graduating from high school to study German and New Languages. From 1930 he worked as a teacher for middle schools, first in Parchim , and later also in Ludwigslust and Rostock . The Quickborn publishing house had previously published his book Niederdeutsche Scherze (1929) - a well-known collection by Döntjes .

Specht has been a freelancer for the Hamburg broadcaster from the founding of Nordische Rundfunk AG (NORAG). During the Nazi era, he became head of the Low German department at NORAG and remained so until the end of the Second World War.

After 1945, Specht worked as a teacher again, now in his native Hamburg. Soon Specht could be heard on the radio again, namely as the author and speaker of the series Hör mal 'n prayen to ; as such, it became extremely popular with the audience. The book Fritz Specht vertellt (1973) summarizes some of his contributions for the show.

With Hör mol'n pray to - Fritz Specht chats Low German , a record he had discussed was also published by Telefunken in the year Specht died .

Fritz Specht was married and had four sons and a daughter.

Fonts

  • Low German jokes . 1929, several editions; also as a speech plate with speaker Günter Flessner
  • Low German . Volume IV of the Piper Verlag series What is not in the dictionary from 1934
  • With the heart through Mecklenburg! . 1935
  • Plattdütsch Land un Waterkant . 1937
  • Fritz Specht represents . 1973; also as a speech plate

Radio plays (radio processing)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Registration of Fritz Specht in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data
SURNAME Woodpecker, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Low German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1975
Place of death Hamburg