Götz Gode

Götz Gode (official name Georg Reinhard-Fleischhauer ) (born January 6, 1905 in Wienskowitz , district of Rosenberg OS ; † January 15, 1969 in Dresden ) was a German writer .

Life

Götz Gode came from a Catholic family of civil servants. He grew up in the Rhineland . After the study of philosophy , art and music history and the doctorate phil. he carried out various activities, including a. he was a piano teacher. He took as a soldier of the Wehrmacht at the World War II in part and fell into French captivity . Under the influence of the works of Romain Rolland he turned into a socialist and went to the GDR . From 1949 to 1953 he was a lecturer , then chief editor at Sachsenverlag in Dresden . He was married to the writer Annemarie Reinhard .

Götz Gode was also active as a writer since the mid-1950s; he wrote stories, poems and essays. His first works are thematically set in his home in the Rhineland . Was particularly successful with its historic Gode youth book - trilogy around the hero Nik.

Works

• Unrest at the Drachenfels , Dresden 1954
• Kathrin behind the seven mountains , Berlin 1958
• The shepherd from the High Fens , Berlin 1960
• The unholy Schabennes , Rudolstadt 1960
• Green and white goes swimming , Berlin 1961
• The Devil's Hole , Berlin 1961
• Nik on the Wasserburg , Berlin 1962
• Nik in dark corridors , Berlin 1966
• Nik on dangerous paths , Berlin 1968

literature

• Heinz Wegehaupt: Complete directory 1949–1964: Der Kinderbuchverlag, Berlin . 1st edition. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1966
• Inge Baumert, Ilse Ploog: Written for children, authors of the GDR . Photos by Edith Rimkus-Beseler , illustrations by Manfred Bofinger . 1st edition. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1979

Web links

• Literature by and about Götz Gode in the catalog of the German National Library