Götz R. Richter

Götz Rudolf Richter , known as Götz R. Richter (born August 1, 1923 in Kleinröhrsdorf / Saxony , † September 2016 in Bad Saarow ), was a German writer .

Life

Götz Rudolf Richter came from a working class family. He went to the merchant navy as a cabin boy in 1937 and made three trips to Africa . From 1939 to 1941 he worked in the chemical industry . In 1941 he volunteered for the Navy and took part in the Second World War until 1945 . From 1945 to 1948 he worked in agriculture , tried his hand at working as a freelance painter and trained as a teacher . He then worked in this profession until 1955. Since then, Richter has been a freelance writer .

Literary work

Richter began in the late 1940s with writing short stories and reportage , the first in East Germany - magazines published. Later, as a writer of novels and short stories, he was an important representative of the adventure genre within GDR literature . His books, which were intended as a socialist alternative to the works of “ imperialist ” authors like Karl May and were intended primarily for children and young people, are often about seafaring and Africa.

Richter became best known for his "Savvy" trilogy, illustrated by Kurt Zimmermann (consisting of the volumes Savvy, the Rice Shopper , The Cave of the Flying Devils and Drums of Freedom ), in which the development of a West African country from the status of a colonial object of exploitation until the armed uprising against the colonial regime is depicted.

Richter had been a member of the GDR Writers' Association since 1956 . He belonged to the SED and represented it as a member of the district assembly of the Frankfurt (Oder) district .

Awards

• 1972 Alex Wedding Prize
• 1974 Order of the " Labor Banner "
• 1978 Art Prize of the Frankfurt (Oder) district
• 1983 Patriotic Order of Merit

Works

• Najok, the pearl diver , Leipzig 1952
• Savvy, the rice shopper , Berlin 1955
• Ships, people, distant land , Leipzig 1956
• Jonas or The Downfall of Marie-Henriette , Berlin 1957
• The cave of the flying devils , Berlin 1958
• Sails in sun and storm , Neuenhagen b. Berlin 1958
• Adventure in the jungle and at sea , Berlin 1959
• Hanna and Jörg , Leipzig 1962
• Kamau, the African , Berlin 1962
• Drums of Freedom , Berlin 1963
• Kimani , Berlin 1964
• The trap , Berlin 1966
• Sado and Apii , Berlin 1967
• The lions are coming , Berlin 1969
• Uprising in the wild mountains , Berlin 1971
• Claws of the Beast , Berlin 1972
• Kimani in Nairobi , Berlin 1974
• The night on the Wananchi farm , Berlin 1976
• Msuri , Berlin 1977
• The hut at Milin Kamak , Berlin 1978
• Msuri in the land of the antelope , Berlin 1979
• The men of Senegal , Berlin 1979
• Tropical thunderstorm , Berlin 1980

Web links

• Literature by and about Götz R. Richter in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary from September 24, 2016 , accessed December 31, 2019